duc
Americannoun
plural
ducsExample Sentences
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In a third Joyce recalls: “Our talk consisted solely of the word ‘No.’ Proust asked me if I knew the duc de so-and-so.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2012
A few years before the revolution, the rhinoceros at the ménagerie at Versailles killed two men on separate occasions, and the duc de Noailles reported that the animal was likely to “bust out” again.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2011
Item, the Duc of Bedeforde gave XLs. and he was cried, Largesse de hault et puissaunt prince, frere et uncle des Roys, duc de Bedeforde, et counte de Penbroke, Largesse.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
The duc de la Vrillière was satisfied in his petty vanity, so a reply was soon forthcoming.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.
I threw myself in front of the horses, stopped them, mounted on the steps of his carrosse, and told him that the duc de Chaulnes was hunting for him and wished to kill him.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.
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