pourparler
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pourparler
Literally, “for talking”
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Further, Mr. Stent accompanied Cecil Rhodes to the Mattopo hills, where the late Colossus went unarmed to hold with the Matabele chiefs the pourparler which brought about the peace of Southern Rhodesia.
From Native Life in South Africa by Plaatje, Sol (Solomon Tshekisho)
It was only after these inquiries that, to use a diplomatic phrase, pourparler for negotiations began.
From A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues by Suyematsu, Baron Kencho
He goes to have a pourparler with the Pope.
From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)
Gwen seemed tolerant of Voltaire, as a pourparler.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
Whatever may be the nature of the pourparler, it must be based on the conviction that neither legal contention nor diplomatic dispute will ever settle the vexed question.
From Japan and the California Problem by Iyenaga, Toyokichi
For myself I never doubted that the result of our pourparlers would be satisfactory, and so it is.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were pourparlers and offers, so that last week Gold Dust's President George K. Morrow need merely put through a telephone call to the Rockefeller counsel.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was accompanied last week by important pourparlers for Franco-Russian cooperation, economic as well as military.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Agreed!” said Arthur; “that is only fair. And now that the pourparlers are over, may I ask what it is we are to do?”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
The foreign diplomatic corps was kept in more or less profound ignorance as to the pourparlers carried on since the 24th by the Imperial Foreign Office with the Triple Entente Cabinets.
From World's War Events, Vol. I by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
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