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Eugénie

[ œ-zhey-nee ]

noun

  1. Comtesse de Te·ba [de-, te, -bah], Marie Eugénie de Montijo de Guzmán, 1826–1920, wife of Napoleon III, born in Spain: Empress of France 1853–71.


Eugénie

/ øʒeni /

noun

  1. Eugénie18261920FSpanishMISC: wife of Napoleon III original name Eugénia Maria de Montijo de Guzman, Comtesse de Téba. 1826–1920, Empress of France (1853–71) as wife of Napoleon III


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William and Harry, and Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice—plus Elvis!

Guests included Alexander Gilkes, Diane von Furstenberg, and Princess Eugenie, who is now living and working in New York.

By the age of five, Eugenie was tasked with minding the pig herds, rising before dawn to keep an eye on the snuffling porkers.

Half-orphaned, Eugenie was sent to a larger farm to learn to cook and clean.

Earlier this month the two truly got away from it all when they went on an African safari with Eugenie and her boyfriend.

He as well as the prelate was much concerned with making the match between his nephew and Eugenie Grandet.

Moreover, Eugenie was both a vain and a proud person—vain of her celebrity and proud of her birth.

Eugenie de Merville was a strange mixture of qualities at once feminine and masculine.

There had been scruples of parents to remove—money matters to adjust—Eugenie had smoothed all.

He uttered an exclamation-sprung to the bed—his hand touched the curtain—Eugenie seized his arm.

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