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Jonquière

[ French zhawn-kyer ]

noun

  1. a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.


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Example Sentences

Tapin returned, saying, "Captain la Jonquiere waits for M. de Chanlay."

All at once, to the regent's astonishment—for this was his sanctum—the door opened, and an usher announced Captain la Jonquiere.

He looked in a glass and saw that he was pale; a thousand new ideas assailed him; the door opened, and La Jonquiere appeared.

Gaston thought the face noble, and understood at once that this was a man of worth, and no La Jonquiere.

The man announced that Captain La Jonquiere, not being able to return, had sent him in his stead.

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