Villeneuve
[veel-nœv]
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noun
Pierre Charles Jean Bap·tiste Sil·ves·tre de [pyer sharl zhahn ba-teest seel-ves-truh duh] /pyɛr ʃarl ʒɑ̃ baˈtist silˈvɛs trə də/, 1763–1806, French admiral.
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Villeneuve, however, hesitated when he heard that Nelson had resumed the command.
The Life of Horatio Lord NelsonRobert Southey
Villeneuve was sent to England, and permitted to return to France.
The Life of Horatio Lord NelsonRobert Southey
Villeneuve, seeing that all was lost, now woke up and cut his cables.
At Aboukir and AcreGeorge Alfred Henty
St. Maurice is in the Rhone valley, some sixteen miles from Villeneuve.
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4Lord Byron
The illustrated Title-page is embellished with a vignette, "Villeneuve," engr.
The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7.George Gordon Byron
Villeneuve
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