Coligny

or Co·li·gni

[ kaw-lee-nyee ]

noun

1. Gas·pard de [g, a, -, spar, d, uh], 1519–72, French admiral and Huguenot leader.

Coligny

/ kɔliɲi /

noun

1. ColignyGaspard de, Seigneur de Châtillon15191572MFrenchPOLITICS: Huguenot leader Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader

Example Sentences

Admiral Coligny accompanied the party in order that his presence might ensure them due respect at the Louvre.

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In France these people were called Hugue-nots, and among them was a nobleman named Coligny (co-leenye).

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Religious troubles had, as we have also seen, led Coligny to try to plant colonies in Carolina and Florida.

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Coligny heard in Normandy the report of the atrocious charges that had been wrung from Poltrot.

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Not long after Guise's approach, fearing that his design was to besiege the city of Orleans, Coligny threw himself into it.

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