Retz
Americannoun
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Gilles de Laval Baron de, 1404?–40, French marshal: executed for child murder.
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Jean François Paul de Gondi Cardinal de, 1614–79, French politician and clergyman.
noun
Example Sentences
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The Irishman recovered from a triple bogey at the 12th with three birdies over the last six holes for a two-over par 74 on the Retz course, leaving him two-under at Golf de Joyevnal.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2010
On the adjoining Retz, the left-hander Chris Gane and France's Julien Guerrier did best with 65s.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2010
The little Hudson River town of "New Dortrecht," in the year 1792, was a peaceful & pleasant community until the arrival of the French emigre M. de Saint Loup, with his great wolfhound De Retz.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behind her rode Dunois, accoutered in a brilliant suit of armor, ornamented in gold; behind these came, mixed among the councilmen of Orleans, Marshal Retz, Lahire, Xaintrailles and other captains.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
He conducted me up to the next story, and there sat Count Rantzow, Skack, Retz, Gabel, and Krag, round the table.
From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Leonora Christina Ulfeldt
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