Dunois

American  

[dy-nwa] / düˈnwa /

noun

1. Jean Comte de, Bastard of Orleans, 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.

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Dunois British  

/ dynwa /

noun

1. Jean (ʒɑ̃), Comte de Dunois, known as the Bastard of Orléans. ?1403–68, French military commander, who defended Orléans against the English until the siege was raised by Joan of Arc (1429)

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Dunois

“We made a huge step backward,” said Dunois Erick Cantave, a member of the Montana Accord, a powerful opposition group made up of civil society groups and political figures.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023

With Léa Girardet and Julie Bertin’s “Free Will,” however, the Théâtre Dunois in Paris landed a hit for all ages.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

Jupiter was driving an SUV through suburban West Palm Beach in February 2018 as he and his passengers, Jerry Dunois, 20, and Deandre Jean Louis, 17, pursued a car driven by Chauncy Christian, 21.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 2020

Not that the characters aren’t neatly defined — notably John Glover as the tart archbishop, Daniel Sunjata as Joan’s comrade Dunois and Jack Davenport as the wheedling Earl of Warwick.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018

It looks to me as though Miss Dunois has been caught in the main net of German intrigue.

From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)