Laval

[ luh-val; French la-val ]

noun

1. Pierre [pye, r], 1883–1945, French lawyer and politician: premier 1931–32, 1935–36; premier of the Vichy government 1942–44; executed for treason 1945.
2. a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, NW of Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
3. a city in and the capital of Mayenne, in W France.

Laval

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/ ləˈvæl /

noun

1. a city in SE Canada, in Quebec: a NW suburb of Montreal. Pop: 343 005 (2001)

Laval

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/ laval /

noun

1. LavalPierre18831945MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: premier Pierre (pjɛr). 1883–1945, French statesman. He was premier of France (1931–32; 1935–36) and premier of the Vichy government (1942–44). He was executed for collaboration with Germany

Example Sentences

I had nothing to do, no one to speak to, and I had just lost two thousand crowns to Monsieur de Laval.

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Sir Guy de Laval looked full in our faces as he spoke these words, and what could one reply?

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But the tears and sighs of his wife, the noble Charlotte de Laval, at length overmastered his reluctance.

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She told him that, three days before, she had sent a gold ring to Dame Jeanne de Laval.

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The Prince de Laval said yesterday, amusingly enough, that M. de Montrond's wit "fed on human flesh!"

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