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David d'Angers
David d'Angers or Pierre-Jean David , 1788-1856, French sculptor. His works are numerous and present national figures, often nude, in statues, busts, reliefs, and medallions. The pediment of the Panthéon in Paris shows a group of distinguished Frenchmen receiving wreaths from the hand of ... Read more
Dominique de Gourgues
Dominique de Gourgues , c.1530-1593, French soldier and adventurer. He served in the French army in Italy, was captured by the Spanish, then by the Turks, served as galley slave under both, and after his release led expeditions to Africa and South America. Stirred by the massacre (1565), by Pedro M... Read more
devaluation
devaluation decreasing the value of one nation's currency relative to gold or the currencies of other nations. It is usually undertaken as a means of correcting a deficit in the balance of payments . Although devaluation occurs in terms of all other currencies, it is best illustrated in the case o... Read more
Pierre Laval
Pierre Laval , 1883-1945, French politician. Elected (1914) to the chamber of deputies as a Socialist, he held various cabinet posts and in 1926 became a senator as an Independent, moving away from his leftist affiliations. In 1931-32 and 1935-36 he was premier and foreign minister. With Sir Samuel ... Read more
Port-Royal
Port-Royal , former abbey of women, c.17 mi (27 km) W of Paris, founded in 1204. It was at first Benedictine, later Cistercian. In 1608 the abbess, Angélique Arnauld (see Arnauld , family), undertook a reform with the counsel of St. Francis de Sales. The nuns became renowned for piety, and t... Read more
French Academy
French Academy ( L'Académie française ), learned society of France. It is one of the five societies of the Institut de France . Development The origins of the academy were in a coterie of literary men who met informally in Paris in the early 1630s to discuss rhetoric and cr... Read more
Jean Ribaut
Jean Ribaut , c.1520-65, French mariner and colonizer in Florida, b. Dieppe. When Gaspard de Coligny decided to plant a French colony as an asylum for Huguenots in the New World, he appointed Ribaut to lead the expedition. Ribaut sailed from France in Feb., 1562, with five vessels carrying 150 colon... Read more
airline industry
airline industry the business of transporting paying passengers and freight by air along regularly scheduled routes, typically by airplanes but also by helicopter. Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin set up the first commercial airline in 1912, using a form of the dirigible to transport more than 34... Read more
balloon
balloon lighter-than-air craft without a propulsion system, lifted by inflation of one or more containers with a gas lighter than air or with heated air. During flight, altitude may be gained by discarding ballast (e.g., bags of sand) and may be lost by releasing some of the lifting gas from its co... Read more
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle , 1890-1970, French general and statesman, first president (1959-69) of the Fifth Republic. The World Wars During World War I de Gaulle served with distinction until his capture in 1916. In The Army of the Future (1934, tr. 1941) he foresaw and futilely advocated for Fr... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "frenchmen"

Frenchman
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea Frenchman, the name given to a left-handed loop when coiling down wire rope right handed. Wire rope, especially in long lengths, does...
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929), a musical comedy by Herbert Fields (book), Cole Porter (music, lyrics). [Lyric Theatre, 257 perf.] In Paris...
Hamlet, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...x2010;mannered economic power of Frenchman's Bend, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi...crumbling pre‐Civil War mansion, Frenchman's Place. A different passion overwhelms...even more money by inducing them to buy Frenchman's Place as a site of hidden treasure...
Varner, Will
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...The Town , and The Mansion , who has economic control of Frenchman's Bend. He arranges for his pregnant daughter Eula to marry...son of his tenant, Ab Snopes, for which he gives the old Frenchman's Place as dowry. Although angered at being bested by the...
Gaulle, Brig-General Charles de and the Free French
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...aircraft to the UK. On 18 June he made his BBC radio appeal to Frenchmen to continue the fight, which was only permitted on the personal...de Gaulle on 28 June as ‘the leader of all free Frenchmen, wherever they may be, who rally to him in support of the...
Internal-Combustion Engine
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...and air. Basing his work on Carnot's principles, another Frenchman named Jean-Joseph- É tienne Lenoir (1822 –...gas after it was drawn into the cylinder. In 1862, another Frenchman, Alphonse-Eug è ne Beau de Rochas (1815 –...
Snopes Family
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...emerge from the Yoknapatawpha country, entrench themselves in Frenchman's Bend and later in the county seat, Jefferson, and finally...who settles as a sharecropper on Will Varner's land in Frenchman's Bend in the 1890s, a bitter man with a reputation for...
Indiana
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...Europeans first ventured into Indiana in the 1670s. It was the Frenchmen Father Jacques Marquette (1637 – 75) and Robert...1643 – 87) who first explored the region. Another Frenchman named Jean Baptiste Bissot lived in a Native American village...
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Years War, explored the Pacific Ocean, and was the first Frenchman to circumnavigate the world. Louis Antoine de Bougainville...Saint-Malo on March 16, 1769. He thus became the first Frenchman to circumnavigate the globe, and although none of his discoveries...
Habib Bourguiba
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...armed terrorists organized urban guerrilla attacks against Frenchmen, while the Tunisian elite refused to form a rubber-stamp...s unilateral decision to nationalize lands belonging to Frenchmen in 1964. Normalization of relations between the two countries...

Dictionary entries related to "frenchmen"

Frenchman
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English French·man / ˈfren ch mən / • n. ( pl. -men ) a person, esp. a man, who is French by birth or descent.
Porter, Cole
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...participation) include Fifty Million Frenchmen, 1931, The Gay Divorcee, 1934, Anything...1929 with his score for Fifty Million Frenchmen. The 1930s followed with an indefatigable...Warners' screen version of Fifty Million Frenchmen did not use Porter's lyrics, and his...
Bougainville, Louis Antoine De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...best-selling Voyage autour du monde . It has been said by Frenchmen that, in spite of his mathematical abilities, Bougainvillea was no great navigator. But he was the first Frenchman to sail around the world. His voyage took three years and...
Levaillant (Le Vaillant), François
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...scientific terminology, they were among the first to reveal to Frenchmen (and later Germans and Englishmen) the wonders of Africa and of the tropics. Levaillant was the first Frenchman to bring a giraffe to the Jardin des Plantes. Through his...
Morichau-Beauchant, Pierre Ernest René (1873-1952)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...1, 1873, and died in Poitiers in 1952. He was the first Frenchman to join the Freudian movement, in 1910. His father, Joseph...noted his importance, seeing "Mr Beauchant, the intelligent Frenchman" as "a good sign" and "solid support" for acceptance...
Hennepin, Louis, Narratives of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...reached the mouth of the Illinois River, Hennepin and two Frenchmen left de La Salle to explore the Upper Mississippi in 1680...daily lives and customs. The trio was eventually rescued by a Frenchman, Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Luth. Description of Louisiana...
Ethnicity and Race: Africa
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...policies of assimilation and acculturation that produced black Frenchmen and -women as "photographic negatives of the colonizers...a racial line prevented blacks from becoming fully fledged Frenchmen and -women. Thus, Senghor and a host of others reacted...
Gabriel's Insurrection
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...plantation workers, including his own brother and two white Frenchmen, planning to march an army on Richmond, Virginia, under...and any opponents (other than Quakers, Methodists, and Frenchmen, since they were "friendly to liberty")would be killed...
Demy, Jacques
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Film Comment (New York), Spring 1965. Interview with Marsha Kinder, in Film Heritage (Dayton, Ohio), Spring 1967. "Frenchman in Hollywood," an interview with Philip Scheuer, in Action (Los Angeles), November/December 1968. "Lola in Los Angeles...
De Havilland, Olivia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Woman He Loved (Jarrott—for TV) (as Bessie Merryman) Publications By DE HAVILLAND: book— Every Frenchman Has One, New York, 1962. By DE HAVILLAND: articles— "Dream That Never Died," in Look (New York), 12 December...

Thesaurus entries related to "frenchmen"

represent
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...democracy synonyms : stand for, symbolize, personify, epitomize, typify.   3. he represents their idea of a Frenchman synonyms : embody, incorporate, typify, exemplify, be a sample/specimen of.   4. Cupid is usually represented...

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Get married at Frenchman's Reef ... where Caribbean wedding fantasies come true. (Frenchmen's Reef Beach Resort) (includes amenities of each package)
PR Newswire; 4/10/1989; 700+ words ; GET MARRIED AT FRENCHMAN'S REEF..... WHERE CARIBBEAN...is merely a romantic fantasy. But Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort -- the Virgin...Nick Pourzal, managing director of Frenchman's Reef. "Now, we make it possible...
Frenchman's Creek to Make Charitable Donation for Every Mile Run by its Hospitality Management Students in 2006 Marathon of the Palm Beaches.
PR Newswire; 12/1/2006; 689 words ; ...international hospitality training program at Frenchman's Creek (http://www.frenchmanscreek...Fitness Center to train for the marathon, Frenchman's Creek will make a charitable donation to Frenchman's Creek's annual charity days...
What is the difference between Frenchmen and toast? You can make soldiers out of toast; As the BBC bans jokes about the French, the Mail offers its own selection.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 2/25/2003; 700+ words ; ...WHAT do you call a Frenchman advancing on Iraq? A...or a virgin. HOW many Frenchmen does it take to change...WHAT do you call a Frenchman wearing sandals? PHILIPPE...RECENTLY in Lyon, a Frenchman went to his local priest...
Frenchman's Creek Unveils Mobile Night Vision and GPS Tracking for State-of- the-Art Security at Prestigious Golf and Country Club.
PR Newswire; 9/26/2006; 695 words ; ...Fla., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Frenchman's Creek has deployed the first in a...our state-of-the-art security at Frenchman's Creek and we believe this is the...operations and perimeter security," said Frenchman's Creek Executive Director Achal Goswami...
FRENCHMAN'S REEF, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS' LARGEST LUXURY RESORT COMPLEX, BECOMES A MARRIOTT
PR Newswire; 4/1/1992; 700+ words ; FRENCHMAN'S REEF, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS' LARGEST...has signed a franchise agreement with Frenchman's Reef Beach Associates that will result...complex in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort and the adjacent...
Frenchman's Creek Opens Its Exclusive Doors to Realtors - For a Worthy Cause.
PR Newswire; 8/9/2006; 691 words ; ...Fla., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Frenchman's Creek, the high-end residential...the four world-class restaurants at Frenchman's Creek run by executive chef Bernd...somewhat relax our privacy rules," said Frenchman's Creek Executive Director Achal Goswami...
VISITORS WELCOME; THE STATE'S NEWEST PARK, FRENCHMAN ISLAND ON ONEIDA LAKE, HAS WOODED TRAILS BUT NO SERVICES.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 7/31/2008; 700+ words ; ...Central New York has a new state park. Frenchman Island State Park has no picnic tables...there will help us keep an eye on it. Frenchman Island, which is less than half a mile...Dunham Island, is privately owned. Frenchman Island holds one of three pre-fabricated...
Frenchman's Creek Earns International Praise as Top Hospitality Students From Around the World Vie for Spot in Exclusive Training Program.
PR Newswire; 8/21/2006; 700+ words ; ...Fla., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Frenchman's Creek, an exclusive South Florida...the International Training Program at Frenchman's Creek, home to multimillion-dollar...treatment of staff and supervisors. Frenchman's Creek has become an exceptional training...
Frenchmen desired
Magazine article from: New Orleans Magazine; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...for night owls. Back in the 1930s. Frenchmen Street buzzed with commerce as many New...rooms. Even for those who've watched Frenchmen development over the past two decades...weekend still comes as a surprise. Now Frenchmen pulses with folks arriving in the neighborhood...
Frenchman's Creek Rolls Out Red Carpet To Welcome Top Hospitality Career Students from Around the World to Distinguished Training Program.
PR Newswire; 11/6/2006; 700+ words ; ...joined the new season's training program at Frenchman's Creek, the prestigious golf and country...highest level of personal service unique to Frenchman's Creek," said Achal Goswami, Frenchman's Creek Executive Director and architect...