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/ œˈʒɛn /

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PrinceFrançois Eugène de Savoie-Carignan, 1663–1736, Austrian general, born in France.

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Eugène
/ (French øʒɛn) /

noun

Prince, title of François Eugène de Savoie-Carignan. 1663–1736, Austrian general, born in France: with Marlborough defeated the French at Blenheim (1704), Oudenaarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709)
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