douanier
noun
a customs officer or official.
douaniers
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pluralof douanier.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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My shambles contrasts sharply with the technical mastery of the canvas hanging on the wall behind me: Ray's copy of a painting from Monet's series Cabane des douaniers, effet d'après-midi.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2013
At Paris' Orly airport, international flights were delayed while douaniers and police poked through every outgoing suitcase.
From Time Magazine Archive
I could hardly understand what the French douaniers said, still less make them understand what I had to say.
From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
"What a needless annoyance in travelling it is for a family to be stopped by douaniers, only to extort money for not doing a duty which would be absurd if done!"
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. by Various
This also was sacred ground, it appears, but the douaniers let the blood-horse pass, not even making the feint to prod his inside for contraband.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
