bordereau
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bordereau
1895–1900; < French, equivalent to bord edge ( see border) + -ereau; see -rel
Example Sentences
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Marie-Georges Picquart stumbled on evidence that the real spy was Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, a commandant whose handwriting did indeed match that of the bordereau, and who did indeed need money to cover huge debts.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010
At the time no one even suspected Esterhazy in connection with the bordereau.
From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 by Harris, Frank
Demange devoted himself to proving that Dreyfus was not the author of the bordereau, but the members of the court-martial, believing in the genuineness of the additional documents, unhesitatingly convicted him of treason.
From A History of the Third French Republic by Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad)
The President of the Salamander had been in the building during most of the past twenty-four hours, taking off the lines in the burned district on a special bordereau.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
By a strange coincidence it happened that the handwriting of the bordereau somewhat resembled that of a brilliant young Jewish officer of the General Staff named Alfred Dreyfus.
From A History of the Third French Republic by Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad)
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