âme damnée

American  

[ahm dah-ney] / ˈɑm dɑˈneɪ /

noun

French.

âmes damnées plural

1. a person who is willingly or blindly the tool of another person.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• âmes damnées
  plural

Etymology

Origin of âme damnée

Literally, “damned soul”

Example Sentences

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âme damnée

This gentleman was the satellite, the adherent, and field marshal, the âme damnée, of Mackintavers.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

She suffered from chronic toothache, as well as from repressed romantic aspirations, and was the âme damnée of Rupert.

From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton

Robert has an âme damnée in the shape of a knight named Bertram, to whose malign influence most of his crimes and follies are due.

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.

Though, to be sure, this very morning I had another note from Cadogan—Marlborough's âme damnée you know—pressing it on me that nothing should get abroad.

From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)

For once, the paper-white face of Andray Dunnan's âme damnée showed expression, but whether it was fear, surprise, shock, hatred, anger, or what combination of them, Trask could no more than guess.

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam