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douanier

[dwa-nyey]

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noun, plural doua·niers [dwa-nyey] /dwaˈnyeɪ/. French.

a customs officer or official.

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Examples from the Web for douanier

In all these shifts and changes the douanier farce was carefully gone through.
A Day's Tour|Percy Fitzgerald
As he spoke, a douanier lounged out of his little whitewashed lair, and asked for that which Terry had just said he had not.
My Friend the Chauffeur|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
The douanier gave us up as hopeless, with a resigned shrug of his shoulders.
My Friend the Chauffeur|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
"Nothing, no gendarme's helmet, no douanier's cap," whispered M. Ulrich.
The Children of Alsace|Ren Bazin

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