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Rambouillet
[ ram-boo-ley; French rahn-boo-ye ]
noun
- one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
Rambouillet
1/ rɑ̃bujɛ; ˈræmbʊˌleɪ; ˈrɒmbʊˌjeɪ /
noun
- a fine-woolled merino-like breed of sheep
Rambouillet
2/ rɑ̃bujɛ /
noun
- a town in N France, in the Yvelines department: site of the summer residence of French presidents. Pop: 24 758 (1999)
Word History and Origins
Origin of Rambouillet1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Rambouillet1
Example Sentences
Soon after Rambouillet, the Ford administration softened its opposition to helping New York City.
When the King held his court at Rambouillet, a curtain only separated his chamber and the levee-room.
What would not English taste have effected with the capabilities of Rambouillet?
In this conversation, after a long but not wearisome journey, we reached Rambouillet.
The first person who gave a marked impulse to what we call society was the Marquise de Rambouillet, in the seventeenth century.
She adopted the customs of the Hôtel de Rambouillet,--certain rules which good society has since observed.
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