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Comines

American

[kaw-meen] / kɔˈmin /

Or Commines

noun

Philippe de 1445?–1511?, French historian and diplomat.

Comines British

/ kɔmin /

noun

Philippe de (filip də). ?1447–?1511, French diplomat and historian, noted for his Mémoires (1489–98)

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Christophe Bourgois, 29, a builder, said it was worth his while to drive to the French border town of Halluin from his Belgian home town of Comines.

From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2022

This is a great truth, and my master acknowledged 188 it when I read it out of the book of Philippe de Comines.

From Francezka by Molly Elliot Seawell

Comines is not a master of style, though at times the weight of his thought and the simplicity of his expression combine to produce an effect not unhappy.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury

It was bestowed by Louis XI. on the historian Philippe de Comines, from whose heirs the domain was purchased by Catherine de Medicis.

From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various

Comines carries on the spinning of flax, wool and cotton.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

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