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Villeneuve

[veel-nœv]
noun
  1. 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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Historical Examples

  • Villeneuve, however, hesitated when he heard that Nelson had resumed the command.

    The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson

    Robert Southey

  • Villeneuve was sent to England, and permitted to return to France.

  • Villeneuve, seeing that all was lost, now woke up and cut his cables.

    At Aboukir and Acre

    George Alfred Henty

  • St. Maurice is in the Rhone valley, some sixteen miles from Villeneuve.

  • The illustrated Title-page is embellished with a vignette, "Villeneuve," engr.

British Dictionary definitions for villeneuve

Villeneuve

noun
  1. Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Silvestre de (pjɛr ʃarl ʒɑ̃ batist silvɛstrə də). 1763–1806, French admiral, defeated by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
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