Dunois

[ dy-nwa ]

/ düˈnwa /

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noun

Jean

[zhahn], /ʒɑ̃/, 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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Words nearby Dunois

dunnite, dunno, dunnock, Dunnville, dunny, Dunois, Dunoon, Dunsany, Dunsinane, Duns Scotus, Dunstable

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How to use Dunois in a sentence

She even smiled when Dunois and La Hire would have drawn her from the hottest of the fighting.
A Heroine of France|Evelyn Everett-Green
"Bestow her in marriage on one of your own gallant followers, who has a heart to love, and an arm to protect her," said Dunois.
Quentin Durward|Sir Walter Scott
"Thou art a scandalous fellow, Dunois, to speak thus of holy wedlock," answered Louis jestingly.
Quentin Durward|Sir Walter Scott
And Charles was impressed by her knowledge of a secret prayer, which (he told Dunois) could only be known to God and himself.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various

And Dunois is unable to state that Troyes was the first stage in the army's march from Gien.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France

British Dictionary definitions for Dunois

Dunois

/ (French dynwa) /

noun

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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