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Vaudois

1 American  
[voh-dwah] / voʊˈdwɑ /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. Waldenses.


Vaudois 2 American  
[voh-dwah] / voʊˈdwɑ /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Vaud.

  2. the dialect of French spoken in Vaud.


Vaudois British  
/ ˈvəʊdwɑː /

plural noun

  1. another name for the Waldenses

  2. the inhabitants of Vaud

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noun

Etymology

Origin of Vaudois

< French; Middle French Vaudeis. See Vaud, -ese

Example Sentences

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Whenever Fenton started up the mountains in search of Bastineau, she found de Vaudois at her heels.

From Time Magazine Archive

The last of the Vaudois histories is by Boyer, under the title of Abr�g� de l'Histoire des Vaudois, 1 vol. 12mo.,

From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.

Among the principal evidences in favour of the Vaudois, I must here refer to the large collection of edicts respecting them, published by the court of Turin.

From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.

I am requested to present the cordial thanks of the ministers of the Vaudois church to this society.

From A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Bexley containing a statement to the committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society by Cunningham, Francis

Perrin wrote the "Histoire des Vaudois et Albigeois," printed at Geneva, 1618, 2 vols. 12mo.

From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.

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