Dupleix
Americannoun
noun
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Met by the French cruiser Dupleix and a squadron of French destroyers, the ships were inspected for sanitation, then, their ammunition removed, allowed to pass through the channel into Bizerte Lake.
From Time Magazine Archive
He served as gunnery officer on the cruiser Dupleix.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Dupleix, the talented French Governor of Pondicherry, had ambitious ideas for the extension of French influence in India, and, in defiance of Indian rulers, war broke out.
From The Story of Madras by Barlow, Glyn
He served two years in India, with Dupleix, where he found that, although the glory was free to any man's clutch, the profit was sacred to a few.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various
Dupleix could transmit his orders, but he could not send with them the daring spirit which inspired them.
From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by Malleson, George Bruce
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