levée en masse noun phr. [lǝvɛ mas] Pl.
levées en masse (pronounced same).
E19.[French.]A mass mobilization (orig. in Revolutionary France) in response to the threat of invasion. Cf.
levy in mass s.v.
LEVY noun1 2.
Economist An immediate levée en masse,..the calling up now of every able-bodied man. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲