Grand Pré
Americannoun
noun
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Kim Cyr, the sommelier, explains and pairs the wine for diners with a refreshing lack of pretension — from a premeal sparkling Benjamin Bridge brut to a postprandial ice-wine by Domaine de Grand Pré.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2017
A yellow light streamed sharply down across the frost-whitened meadows, the smouldering ruins of Grand Pré village, and out upon the glittering expanse of Minas Basin.
From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
A missionary at Annapolis is mentioned as old, and therefore inefficient; while the curé at Grand Pré, also an elderly man, was too much inclined to confine himself to his spiritual functions.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Francis Parkman
The boat that landed these brought back a half dozen Acadians from Grand Pré, whom it left on board the schooner.
From The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia by James De Mille
Grand Pré seemed pleasant to him since she was here; and he thought it better to be a prisoner here than a free man elsewhere.
From The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia by James De Mille
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