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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M. de Premorel, the aide-de-camp, is a man of solid worth and of delicate honour, and he is a descendant of Godefroy de Bouillon.

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