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
In spite of agitation, I managed to summon up one of my sweetest smiles—a smile that ere now had melted the hearts of rickshaw coolies and of French douaniers.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen
A buona grazia of a scudo at the frontier obviated the delay which would otherwise have occurred in examining our baggage by the douaniers.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
The douaniers could tell a recent purchase by instinct.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
