Boulanger

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

/ ˌbu lɑnˈdʒeɪ; French bu lɑ̃ˈʒeɪ /

noun

Georges Er·nest Jean Ma·rie

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

Na·dia (Ju·liette)

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

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Examples from the Web for boulanger

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
Much anxiety is felt respecting Boulanger's goings on with respect to the army.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2|Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton
It would be like the Paris elections to Boulanger, said others.
Lord Randolph Churchill|Winston Spencer Churchill

General Boulanger managed to lift himself into great prominence, and gain a powerful following in France.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century|Charles Morris
Pelasgus among the Arcadians passed for the first man and the first legislator (Boulanger, i. 133).
Tradition|John Francis Arundell
He still remained an influential member of the moderate republican party, and directed the opposition to General Boulanger.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3|Various

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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