affaire d'honneur
Americannoun
PLURAL
affaires d'honneurnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of affaire d'honneur
Literally, “affair of honor”
Example Sentences
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One blue-rimmed plate on the wall shows two men in traditional Alsatian garb squaring up awkwardly ahead of a wrestle: “Une Affaire d’Honneur,” or matter of honor, reads the legend.
From Washington Post
An "affaire d'honneur" originated from this, and the parties met this morning.
From Project Gutenberg
In the course of this he delivered a powerful speech, full of passion and invective, drawing a parallel between this affaire d'honneur and the historic one between Alceste and Oronte in Molière's drama.
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Une affaire d'honneur make me flee.
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In studies he went through the first year's course without any difficulty, but unfortunately an affaire d'honneur—a "dipper fight"—caused him to be put back one year in his studies.
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