Aunis
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"Let me take one hundred of the gendarmes of Aunis; I have plenty of friends there, and can choose whom I like."
From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas père
"Gentlemen, we are marine officers, and you are gendarmes of Aunis, apparently."
From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas père
It had been so that night with the gendarmes of Aunis; for seeing their chiefs abandon them, they agreed together to draw their ranks closer, instead of breaking them.
From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas père
The tract of country included between the river and the shores of the Bay of Biscay, comprising a large part of the provinces of Aunis and Saintonge, was in the undisputed possession of the Huguenots.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird
Gascony, Aunis, and Saintonge sent their wines to Flanders; Guyenne sent hers to England.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob
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