Dupleix

[ dy-pleks ]

/ düˈplɛks /

noun

Jo·seph Fran·çois

[zhoh-zef frahn-swa] /ʒoʊˈzɛf frɑ̃ˈswa/, Marquis,1697–1763, French colonial governor of India 1724–54.

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Examples from the Web for dupleix

But Clive, again acting upon the policy he had learned from Dupleix, had provided himself with a rival candidate to the throne.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
Dupleix resolved to sell the aid of his army to one pretender for use against the other.
A History of England|Charles Oman
The fortune of war turned to the side of the gallant Englishman, and Dupleix, who was no general, retreated before the victors.
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon|John Lord, A.M.
There had never been any confidence in Dupleix's projects, there had been scarcely any belief in his conquests.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

Dupleix and Frontenac fell before the machinations of their enemies, and the former was allowed to die in misery.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly,|Various

British Dictionary definitions for dupleix

Dupleix

/ (French dyplɛks) /

noun

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

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