Vauban

[voh-bahn]

noun

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

Vauban

/ 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

Example Sentences

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.

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

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

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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.

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A few blocks away, tension was palpable on the Place Vauban, near the National Assembly, where hundreds of mostly young protesters had gathered.

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