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
On the 19th, at 7 o'clock in the evening we reckoned that we were off Ouessant.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
Even the lighthouse-keepers on Ile Ouessant knew nothing of it until morning, for she struck in the night, you remember, attempting to run through the Inner Passage and save her time.
From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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
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