UNKNOWN WARRIOR


Meaning of UNKNOWN WARRIOR in English

( also the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier )

a grave inside Westminster Abbey , London, England, which contains the body of an unknown British soldier who died in World War I . The grave represents the many other soldiers who died, especially those whose bodies were never identified. There is a similar grave at the Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia, US, now called officially the Tomb of the Unknowns , where unknown US soldiers killed in war are buried.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.