compagnie

American  

[kawn-pa-nyee] / kɔ̃ paˈnji /

noun

French.

compagnies plural

1. company.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• compagnies
  plural

Example Sentences

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compagnie compagnies

The precursors of the modern Mafia were the compagnie d'armi, small private armies that feudal overlords employed to enforce their authority.

From Time Magazine Archive

After a little time I was recalled, and told I should be placed in a compagnie sédentaire.

From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth

Now with his love, now in his coldè grave Alone withouten any compagnie.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various

Of all the iniquities perpetrated under the Reign of Terror, none has lasted so long as that of the strait-jacket, which was palmed off on the people as a ‘habit de compagnie.’

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.

These personages the children came afterwards to know were the two ladies-in-waiting, or dames de compagnie, of Lady Venelda, her chaplain, and her physician.

From Christmas Tree Land by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)

The number and composition of the compagnies d’ordonnance were changed more than once before the reign of Louis XIV.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

He now created the compagnies d’ordonnance, and endeavoured to organize the militia of the francs archers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various