sans peur et sans reproche

American  

[sahn pœr ay sahn ruh-prawsh] / sɑ̃ pœr eɪ sɑ̃ rə prɔʃ /

adjective

French.

1. without fear and without reproach: said originally of the French knight, the Seigneur de Bayard.

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sans peur et sans reproche

Many centuries ago, its forefathers sprang from the loins of Chevalier de Bayard, that knight sans peur et sans reproche.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And it was Captain Jack, sans peur et sans reproche," said the bold little fellow.

From The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island by Johann David Wyss

He's faithful as Tristan and the chevalier Bayard lumped together, sans peur et sans reproche, you know.

From Pledged to the Dead by Seabury Quinn

Now, as may be supposed, Lena was far from regarding her brother Percy as a "chevalier sans peur et sans reproche."

From Bessie Bradford's Prize by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews

The generous Henri IV., the noble Sully, and Bayard the knight sans peur et sans reproche, were these half tiger and half monkey?

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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