(n) :
(by extension) Any dangerous or hopeless venture.
(n) :
(military, archaic) A small troop of soldiers picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party.
(n) :
(military, archaic) (obsolete) In the plural form forlorn hopes: the soldiers collectively making up such a troop; (by extension) a group of reckless adventurers.
(n) :
(by extension) Any dangerous or hopeless venture.
(n) :
(military, archaic) A small troop of soldiers picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party.
(n) :
(military, archaic) (obsolete) In the plural form forlorn hopes: the soldiers collectively making up such a troop; (by extension) a group of reckless adventurers.