Murat

[my-ra]

noun

Jo·a·chim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/, 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.

Murat

[moo-raht]

noun

a river in E Turkey, flowing W to the Euphrates. 425 miles (685 km) long.

Also called Mu·rad Su

[moo-rahd soo] /mʊˈrɑd ˈsu/.

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Historical Examples of murat

Have the scorners never read of Wolfe, of Murat, or of Nelson?
A Day's Ride
Charles James Lever
But here is Marshal Murat come to inquire after you, from the Emperor.
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II)
Charles James Lever
What follows is chiefly taken from the Annales Estenses, in Murat.
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt
One looked in vain for the fire-eating beau sabreur of a Murat.
1914
John French, Viscount of Ypres
Murat had obeyed both his verbal and his implied instructions.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
William Milligan Sloane

British Dictionary definitions for murat

Murat

noun

Joachim (ʒɔaʃɛ̃). 1767-1815, French marshal, during the Napoleonic Wars; king of Naples (1808–15)

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