Grand Pré

[ gran-prey; French grahn-prey ]

/ ˈgræn ˈpreɪ; French grɑ̃ ˈpreɪ /

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noun

a village in central Nova Scotia, on Minas Basin: locale of Longfellow's Evangeline.

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How to use Grand Pré in a sentence

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A grand jury investigated but found Foster had broken no law.
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A tall phantom in livery appeared, as if by magic, and signed to me to ascend the grand staircase.
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The Spaniards, indeed, feigned to regard them only as a remnant of the rebels who had joined the pre-existing brigand bands.
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"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
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Doubtless the commentator habit is fixed in the nature of man; but it was pre-eminently mediaeval.
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She was in a dream of oily odours and monstrous iron constructions, dominated by the grand foreman: and Edwin was in the dream.
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British Dictionary definitions for Grand Pré

Grand Pré

/ (ɡrɒn preɪ, French ɡrɑ̃ pre) /

noun

a village in SE Canada, in W Nova Scotia: setting of Longfellow's Evangeline

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