Ouessant
Americannoun
noun
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On the tiny western isle of Ouessant, off the tip of Brittany, about 100 demonstrators gathered outside the office of Mayor Denis Palluel and marched on Tuesday morning, he said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
The Celtic, 171-172; Fairyland identified with, 327 Ouessant.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence
He embarked as a volunteer on board the fleet, commanded by the Comte d'Orvilliers, and was at the battle of Ouessant on the 17th of July, 1778.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde
We will call them," he said, "only by their Christian names, which are Lucien and Jeanne.…I am to marry them next month, when Lucien gets his relief from the lighthouse on Ile Ouessant.
From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Of the Hismá in its present state, we may say as of Ushant, Qui voit Ouessant, voit la mort.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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