Saint Maurice

or Saint-Mau·rice

[ sanmaw-rees ]

/ sɛ̃ mɔˈris /

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noun

a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.

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How to use Saint Maurice in a sentence

Maurice, a 22-year-old father, says the cops planted weed on him after he was arrested once.
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The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.
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But, in Jamaica, Maurice Tomlinson was forced to flee his country after his marriage to his Canadian husband made front-page news.
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It was in Saint-Rémy where Van Gogh sends his brother word of how all his sacrifice may soon be for nothing in this life.
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Race relations in Saint Louis could hinge on the outcome of this announcement.
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May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
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One of her humours was to unite the son of her minister, with a niece of the widowed Queen of Saint Germain's.
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What though Maurice wanted to persuade me at Paris that I had better take a britska, as more fashionable?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
He marched to meet it with the throbbing pulses of a soldier rushing to victory or a saint to martyrdom.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Happening to walk down the Rue Saint Honoré, he had come upon tragedy.
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