Hundred Years' War

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noun

the series of wars between England and France, 1337–1453, in which England lost all its possessions in France except Calais.

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How to use Hundred Years' War in a sentence

They are, to say the least, preparing for civil war (the polling stations are stormed by armed gangs).
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Groups like CAIR and leading intellectuals and imams have been denouncing acts like these for years.
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But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?
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Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
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That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.
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He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
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The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
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His 6,000 native auxiliaries (as it proved later on) could not be relied upon in a civil war.
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The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.
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It seems very strange that I shall actually know Liszt at last, after hearing of him so many years.
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British Dictionary definitions for Hundred Years' War

Hundred Years' War

noun

the series of wars fought intermittently between England and France from 1337–1453: after early victories the English were expelled from all of France except Calais

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Cultural definitions for Hundred Years' War

Hundred Years' War

A war between France and England that lasted from the middle of the fourteenth century to the middle of the fifteenth. The kings of England invaded France, trying to claim the throne. Toward the end of the war, Joan of Arc helped rally the French, who finally drove out the English.