Dupleix

[ dy-pleks ]

noun

1. Jo·seph Fran·çois [zhoh-, zef, f, r, ah, n, -, swa], Marquis, 1697–1763, French colonial governor of India 1724–54.

Dupleix

/ dyplɛks /

noun

1. DupleixJoseph François16971763MFrenchPOLITICS: administrator Marquis Joseph François (ʒozɛf frɑ̃swa). 1697–1763, French governor general in India (1742–54). His plan to establish a French empire in India was frustrated by Clive

Example Sentences

This agreement Dupleix, whose heart was set upon the total expulsion of the English, refused to ratify.

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The French governor, Monsieur Dupleix, is a man of very great ability, and far-seeing views.

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Muhammud Ali, deeming further resistance hopeless, had already opened negotiations with Dupleix for the surrender of Trichinopoli.

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So then, in spite of the entreaties of Dupleix, he had detached a considerable force to besiege Clive.

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Muzaffar Jung conferred upon Dupleix the sovereignty of eighty-one villages adjoining the French territory.

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