Vauban

American  

[voh-bahn] / voʊˈbɑ̃ /

noun

1. Sébastien le Prestre de 1633–1707, French military engineer and marshal.

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Vauban British  

/ vobɑ̃ /

noun

1. Sébastien Le Prestre de (sebastjɛ̃ lə prɛtrə də). 1633–1707, French military engineer and marshal, who greatly developed the science of fortification and devised novel siege tactics using a series of parallel trenches

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Example Sentences

From Marshal Vauban, whose belt of fortified cities protected Louis XIV’s France, to Baron Haussmann, who created boulevard-lined Paris for Napoleon III, the French have always shown administrative genius in their national building campaigns.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Spanish telecommunications infrastructure company said Friday that its French subsidiary entered into an agreement with digital platform Vauban Infra Fibre to sell data-center operator Towerlink France for 391 million euros.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I won't give up," she told thousands of flag-waving supporters in Place Vauban, close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday.

From BBC

The first event is planned for Place Vauban close to the Eiffel Tower on Sunday.

From BBC

After Parliament met again and failed to bring down the government on Monday, many demonstrators slipped out of the authorized protest zone on Place Vauban, which was surrounded by throngs of police trucks and officers in riot gear.

From New York Times