seconde
noun
the second of the eight defensive positions.
secondes
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pluralof seconde.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This mother married en secondes noces a former sweetheart; it had been a case of a match opposed by parents on the ground of the apparent hopelessness of the young man's prospects.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
En secondes noces, she married the fourth Duke of Cleveland.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount Esher
It was falsified in this case by the birth of a son to Phoebe, en secondes noces, many years later.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
He married en secondes noces, the Archduchess Theresa of Austria.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount Esher
Bishops have a little turn, I observe, for marrying somebody who is somebody—specially en secondes noces, good men.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
