Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Discussion or negotiation preliminary to an agreement or treaty.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A preliminary conference of a more or less informal nature; a consultation preliminary to subsequent negotiation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Diplomacy) A consultation preliminary to a treaty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
diplomatic consultation ,preliminary to atreaty .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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David said, comprehending it all, and, when Lord Windlehurst appealed to her, offering by a word contribution to the 'pourparler', she was studying David as steadily as her heated senses would permit her.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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David said, comprehending it all, and, when Lord Windlehurst appealed to her, offering by a word contribution to the 'pourparler', she was studying David as steadily as her heated senses would permit her.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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While her mind was engaged subconsciously with what Lord Windlehurst and David said, comprehending it all, and, when Lord Windlehurst appealed to her, offering by a word contribution to the 'pourparler', she was studying David as steadily as her heated senses would permit her.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897
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The last-named group on the other hand, produced much pourparler, for Jay maintained that these Negroes were "clearly comprehended by the terms of the treaty."
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The official drummer could explain by the high and low alternations of his taps that a deed of violence just done was not a crime but a pourparler for the forming of a league.
American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Ulrich Bonnell Phillips 1905
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The old woman in Normandy had written, oh, yes; but then there must have been a great pourparler, and even Félicité had grown angry.
The Halo Bettina Von Hutten 1915
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Further, Mr. Stent accompanied Cecil Rhodes to the Mattopo hills, where the late Colossus went unarmed to hold with the Matabele chiefs the pourparler which brought about the peace of Southern Rhodesia.
Chapter X Solomon Tshekisho 1916
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To humour a madman -- that is what one always advised, therefore Stolphe would make the pourparler, as the French say.
The Money Master, Volume 5. Gilbert Parker 1897
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To humour a madman -- that is what one always advised, therefore Stolphe would make the pourparler, as the French say.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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To humour a madman -- that is what one always advised, therefore Stolphe would make the pourparler, as the French say.
The Money Master, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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