Retz

[ rets; French rets ]

noun

1. Gilles de La·val [zheel d, uh, l, a, -, val], Baron de, 1404?–40, French marshal: executed for child murder.
2. Jean Fran·çois Paul de Gon·di [zhah, n, f, r, ah, n, -, swa, pawl d, uh, gaw, n, -, dee], Cardinal de, 1614–79, French politician and clergyman.

Retz

/ rets /

noun

1. See Rais
   Gilles de Retz
   Gilles de Retz RetzGilles de See Rais

Example Sentences

You are right as to yourself, Albert; for they have given you the ancient title and duchy of de Retz.

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Really, de Retz, you are a connoisseur—the choice is perfection, just right—perfectly balanced.

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The infamous Count de Retz, Catharine's favorite, succeeded him as governor.

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I have finished these memoirs; a book which counterbalances, from the political standpoint, the memoirs of Cardinal de Retz.

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In the Earl's chamber on the third floor was lodged the Marshal de Retz.

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