Godefroy de Bouillon

American  

[gawd^uh-frwah duh boo-yawn] / gɔdəˈfrwɑ də buˈyɔ̃ /

noun

1. c1060–1100, French crusader.

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Godefroy de Bouillon British  

/ ɡɔdfrwa də bujɔ̃ /

noun

1. ?1060–1100, French leader of the First Crusade (1096–99), becoming first ruler of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem

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Example Sentences

"Most decidedly," said I, as I put on a kind of Godefroy de Bouillon look, and strutted about the room.

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Near the Magdalene there is a group of men who figured in early French history—the Constable Montmorenci, Godefroy de Bouillon, and Robert of Normandy.

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Many years later, one Anemond de Medici, also a Sieur of Florence, accompanied, with many of his subjects, Godefroy de Bouillon to the Holy Land, where he died at the siege of Nicæa in Asia.

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I was a miserable failure as Peter the Hermit and Urban II.; my Godefroy de Bouillon was pronounced to be utterly devoid of military ardour.

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The Tafurs, or Halegrins, whom we notice as followers of Godefroy de Bouillon at the time of the Crusades, towards the end of the eleventh century, were terribly bad characters, and are actually accused by contemporary writers of violating tombs, and of living on human flesh.

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