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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Angel had a 3-pointer and Maxime Reynaud scored in the paint to cap a 10-2 run and Stanford trailed 62-53 with nine minutes to go.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

And as Dalibard and Reynaud had predicted, photons of two slightly different colors suddenly started arriving at the detector in simultaneous pairs.

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

Along with American icon Thomas Edison, there were contenders like Eadweard Muybridge and the Lumière brothers, and lesser-known figures like Charles-Émile Reynaud and Louis Le Prince.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022

There was a knight once called Reynaud de Roy, who had a tilting match with another one called John de Holland.

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

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