Aunis
Americannoun
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It had been so that night with the gendarmes of Aunis; for seeing their chiefs abandon them, they agreed together to draw their ranks closer, instead of breaking them.
From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre
"Gentlemen, we are marine officers, and you are gendarmes of Aunis, apparently."
From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre
The other part will meanwhile draw towards Aunis, Saintonge, Angoumois, and Gascony, as well as Perigord, Medoc, and Elanes.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
DEUX-S�VRES, an inland department of western France, formed in 1790 mainly of the three districts of Poitou, Thouarsais, G�tine and Niortais, added to a small portion of Saintonge and a still smaller portion of Aunis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
Gascony, Aunis, and Saintonge sent their wines to Flanders; Guyenne sent hers to England.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.
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