vive le roi

[veev luh rwa]

French.

1. Long live the king!

Example Sentences

“Vive le roi!” the crowd chanted as he climbed out of his pristine white Land Rover, emblazoned on the side with “ROYAUME DU MAROC.”

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Vive le roi “You can always tell when the king is here.”

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Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father, the mad and tragic Charles VI, in 1422.

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The soldier expiring on the battlefield cried "Vive le roi!" and vessels have gone down at sea with the entire crew shouting the same words; for "Vive le roi!" was, in their minds, equivalent to "Vive la France!"

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The retreat was sounded, and, as the English re-embarked, troops of Indians came whooping down the heights, and hovered about their rear, to murder the stragglers and the wounded; while exulting cries of Vive le roi, from the crowded summits, proclaimed the triumph of the enemy.

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