âme damnée

American  

[ahm dah-ney] / ˈɑm dɑˈneɪ /

noun

French.

plural

âmes damnées

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

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Etymology

Origin of âme damnée

Literally, “damned soul”

Example Sentences

Turkey, through Enver, who had imported from the Fatherland a band of military “instructors” under Liman von Sanders, became the âme damnée of Germany.

From England and Germany by Hughes, William Morris

The officer was Mornac, the Emperor’s alter ego, or âme damnée, who had taken over the entire department the very day I left Paris for the frontier.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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

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