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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A historical region and former province of northern France near the English Channel between Picardy and Flanders. It was ruled at various times by Flanders, Burgundy, Austria, and Spain.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A long coat worn by women about 1790. It had several capes, and lapels and revers like a box-coat.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)

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Examples

  • In conjunction with Stella Artois, which is Belgian but has no qualms about purloining French imagery when it comes to peddling its wares to booze-hungry Brits, Anderson has created a tableau of counterfactual history.

    The Hard Sell: Stella Artois 2011

  • In conjunction with Stella Artois, which is Belgian but has no qualms about purloining French imagery when it comes to peddling its wares to booze-hungry Brits, Anderson has created a tableau of counterfactual history.

    The Hard Sell: Stella Artois 2011

  • They stood not far from the table and began to play on guitars, putting wrong harmonies to a well-known Neapolitan tune, whose name Artois could not recall.

    A Spirit in Prison Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • 'Tis even said that d'Artois and d'Orléans, those archenemies, agree only in finding her enchanting, and the rumor goes that 'twas d'Artois's influence that sent the elderly husband off post-haste to Madrid.

    Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe

  • His doctrines were well received, and acquired an impetus at the beginning by the conversion of one of the leading physicians of the faculty of medicine, Deslon, the Comte d'Artois 'first physician.

    Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten

  • In 1778 Mesmer was obliged for some unknown reason to leave Vienna, and went to Paris, where he was fortunate in converting to his ideas d'Eslon, the Comte d'Artois's physician, and one of the medical professors at the Faculty of Medicine.

    Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use A. Alpheus

  • In the present state of M. le Comte d'Artois 'difficulties the money would have been thrice welcome, and St. Genis felt the load of failure weighing thrice as heavily on his soul, and dreaded the reproaches -- mute or outspoken -- which he knew awaited him.

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • To tell the whole unvarnished truth, his interview with Clyffurde and his thoughtlessness in wandering along the road all alone, laden with twenty-five million francs, not waiting for the arrival of M. le Comte d'Artois 'patrol, was unthinkable.

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • When, after half an hour of this wearying cross-examination, Madame at last granted him a respite, he made a pretext of urgent business at M. le Comte d'Artois 'headquarters and took his leave of the ladies.

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • "The Lieutenant-Colonel commands the regiment, which is now known as the Regiment Dauphiné, the Comte d'Artois 'own," said the Major, with fine scorn.

    The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo Cyrus Townsend Brady 1890

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