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douanier

[ dwa-nyey ]

/ dwaˈnyeɪ /

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noun, plural doua·niers

[dwa-nyey]. /dwaˈnyeɪ/. French.

a customs officer or official.

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How to use douanier in a sentence

It is a cluster of untidy stone houses, with nothing to delay the passer-by except a douanier's bureau and a tobacco store.
Italian Alps|Douglas William Freshfield
Don Sinibaldo, however, attributes this removal to the exactions of the Portuguese douanier.
A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade|Charles Reginald Haines
This gift they have in common with the Primitives; and this the douanier possessed in an extraordinary degree.
Since Czanne|Clive Bell
Nothing doing, and the douanier returns to his fishing off the jettys end.
Rambles on the Riviera|Francis Miltoun

"Nothing, no gendarme's helmet, no douanier's cap," whispered M. Ulrich.
The Children of Alsace|Ren Bazin