Duquesne

[ doo-keyn, dyoo-; French dy-ken ]

noun

1. A·bra·ham [a, -b, r, a, -, am], 1610–88, French naval commander.
2. a city in SW Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
3. Fort. Fort Duquesne.

Example Sentences

Admiral Duquesne, then aged eighty, was strongly urged by the king to change his religion.

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No one believed that Fort Duquesne, far away in the forests beyond the mountains, could hold out against this formidable array.

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The most westerly fort in Virginia was fifty miles further west than Fort Duquesne.

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For before Fort Duquesne was reached it was decided not to attempt to continue the campaign further.

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The remainder at Fort Duquesne were glad now to hurry away into their winter quarters in their distant homelands.

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