Eugénie
Americannoun
noun
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According to legend, the founder expanded the store with a financial reward from Napoleon III, after calming horses that had been spooked while pulling the carriage of Napoleon’s wife, Empress Eugénie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
Police also found on the ground nearby the damaged crown of Empress Eugénie, encrusted with 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Le Parisien newspaper reported it may have been the crown of Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
When Binoche’s character, Eugénie, asked whether she was his cook or his wife, Magimel’s gourmand was meant to say, “You are my cook,” to acknowledge her mastery.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024
Besides the Figaro plays, his chief dramatic works are Eugénie, Les Deux Amis, and lastly, La Mère Coupable, in which the characters of his two famous works reappear.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
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