Retz
[rets; French rets]
- Gilles de La·val [zheel duh la-val] /ʒil də laˈval/, Baron de,1404?–40, French marshal: executed for child murder.
- Jean Fran·çois Paul de Gon·di [zhahn frahn-swa pawl duh gawn-dee] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa pɔl də gɔ̃ˈdi/, Cardinal de,1614–79, French politician and clergyman.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for retz
Historical Examples of retz
You are quite right, Albert; you have got the old duchy of Retz.
The Works of Honor de BalzacHonor de Balzac
The Fronde was and could have been but a failure, and Retz was a failure with it.
A Short History of French LiteratureGeorge Saintsbury
Retz attributed to him a proposition which is not in his writings.
The History of FreedomJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Keep aloof from Retz and the Spanish faction, but beware especially of Bruhl.
A Gentleman of FranceStanley Weyman
Marshal Retz exclaimed angrily, 'are we to be the judges, then, or his Majesty?
A Gentleman of FranceStanley Weyman
Retz
- Gilles de Retz See Rais
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012