Boulanger

[ boo-lahn-jey; French boo-lahn-zhey ]

/ ˌbu lɑnˈdʒeɪ; French bu lɑ̃ˈʒeɪ /

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noun

Georges Er·nest Jean Ma·rie

[zhawrzh er-nestzhahnma-ree], /ʒɔrʒ ɛrˈnɛst ʒɑ̃ maˈri/, 1837–91, French general and politician.

Na·dia (Ju·liette)

[nah-dee-uh-joo-lee-et; French na-dyazhy-lyet], /ˈnɑ di ə ˌdʒu liˈɛt; French naˈdya ʒüˈlyɛt/, 1887–1979, French musician and teacher.

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How to use Boulanger in a sentence

Few caused more trouble than Georges Boulanger, a general and war minister who in 1888-89 very nearly seized dictatorial power.
Top Ten Military Sex Scandals, Part Two|David Frum|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Boulanger however was not the stuff of which dictators are made.
Top Ten Military Sex Scandals, Part Two|David Frum|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mme Bonnemain died in 1890; Boulanger returned from exile to blow his brains out atop Mme Bonnemain's Brussels grave.
Top Ten Military Sex Scandals, Part Two|David Frum|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It was entitled Christianity Unveiled, and bore on its title page the name of Boulanger.
Letters To Eugenia|Paul Henri Thiry Holbach

Boulanger's ideas on philosophy, mythology, anthropology and history are of extraordinary interest today.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
The use made by Holbach of Boulanger's name makes it necessary to consider for a moment this almost forgotten writer.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
It was reprinted in later collections of Boulanger's works, and went through several English and Spanish editions.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
The form of the title and the attribution of the work to Boulanger were designed to set persecution on the wrong track.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing

British Dictionary definitions for Boulanger

Boulanger

/ (French bulɑ̃ʒe) /

noun

Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide

Nadia (Juliette) (nadja). 1887–1979, French teacher of musical composition: her pupils included Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, and Virgil Thomson. She is noted also for her work in reviving the works of Monteverdi

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