Bordelese

English Etymology From en fr bordelais. Pronunciation en iːz Noun * A person from Bordeaux. en 1931 Karl Voretzach Introduction to the Study of Old French Literature 214 This family included Hamion de Bordeaux and William de Blancafort. Defamatory remarks by the Bordelese lead to a single combat which is settled in favor of the Lorrains. en 1817 C. H. Gifford History of the wars occasioned by the French Revolution from ... 1792 to ... 1816 ... with numerous embellishments 1289 Encouraged by his spirited assistance, the duchess redoubled her efforts to inspire the Bordelese with loyalty, [...] 1827, Charles Angélique François Huchet comte de La Bédoyère, Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, page 787: [...] the Bordelese flattered themselves with being seconded by the troops of the line [...] affrighted Bordelese then requested a capitulation, [...] en 1830 The Cities and Principal Towns of the World 282 Lais, who was the first singer at the Parisian grand opera for several years, and since the restoration, was also a Bordelese. 1885, Guizot (M., François), Madame de Witt (Henriette Elizabeth), The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848, page 298 Bordeaux and Bayonne held out for some weeks; but, on the 12th of June, a treaty concluded between Bordelese and Dunois secured to the three estates of the district the liberties and privileges which they had enjoyed under English supremacy [...] en 1993 The Californians The diary entries [...] allow the patient researcher to uncover this extraordinary adventure of a Bordelese in a California in transition. Adjective - Of, from, or pertaining to Bordeaux. en 1931 Karl Voretzach Introduction to the Study of Old French Literature 214 Slatkine However, the accidental killing of Begue by a Bordelese hunter causes another war. en 1887 Fortuné Du Boisgobey Sensational Novels 135 The impressario had met with misfortunes as a singer in the now distant days of his youth. He could boast of having been hissed on every stage in France. A Bordelese accent, which he had never been able to get rid of, had greatly contributed to his failure, [...] 1963, Hunt Botanical Library, Adanson: Linnaeus was also in correspondence with a Bordelese physician, Jean-Baptiste Aymen,