Reynaud

American

[re-noh] / rɛˈnoʊ /

noun

Paul 1878–1966, French statesman: premier 1940.

Reynaud British

/ rɛno /

noun

Paul (pɔl). 1878–1966, French statesman: premier during the defeat of France by Germany (1940); later imprisoned by the Germans

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"The gallery was the victim of counterfeiters; it didn't know the furniture was fake, and it couldn't have detected it, as the judgment indicates," Martin Reynaud and Mauricia Courrégé said.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

Former Florida State coach Cecile Reynaud is vice president of operations and former Texas A&M coach Laurie Corbelli is operations consultant.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

From their end, the researchers in Berlin were fascinated by the counterintuitive theory introduced by Dalibard and his co-author, physicist Serge Reynaud.

From Scientific American • Oct. 4, 2023

French prime minister Paul Reynaud resigned rather than sign the armistice agreement with Germany in June 1940.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Reynaud purposely fastened hit tilting helm—the huge straw-padded drum which sometimes fitted over the helmet proper—so that it was loose.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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