Sancerre

[ sahn-ser ]

/ sɑ̃ˈsɛr /

noun

a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.

Origin of Sancerre

after Sancerre, a town in the region (Cher department)

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Examples from the Web for sancerre

In 1836 first assistant of the king's solicitor at Sancerre; two years later counselor to the court of Paris.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
Sancerre crowns the topmost height of a chain of hills, the last of the range that gives variety to the Nivernais.
Parisians in the Country|Honore de Balzac
The town of Noviodunum (Sancerre), belonging to this latter people, lay in Csars route; he undertook to lay siege to it.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2|Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
"I think that the clever woman of Sancerre is simply the greatest chatterbox," replied the journalist.
Parisians in the Country|Honore de Balzac

"I cannot make head or tail of it," said Gatien Boirouge, who was the first to break the silence of the party from Sancerre.
Parisians in the Country|Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for sancerre

Sancerre

/ (sɒnˈsɛə, French sɑ̃sɛr) /

noun

a dry white wine produced in the Loire valley in France

Word Origin for Sancerre

French

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