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Retz

[ rets; French rets ]

noun

  1. Gilles de La·val [zheel d, uh, l, a, -, val], Baron de, 1404?–40, French marshal: executed for child murder.
  2. Jean Fran·çois Paul de Gon·di [zhah, n, f, r, ah, n, -, swa, pawl d, uh, gaw, n, -, dee], Cardinal de, 1614–79, French politician and clergyman.


Retz

/ rets /

noun

  1. Gilles de Retz
    RetzGilles de See Rais
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

You are right as to yourself, Albert; for they have given you the ancient title and duchy of de Retz.

Really, de Retz, you are a connoisseur—the choice is perfection, just right—perfectly balanced.

The infamous Count de Retz, Catharine's favorite, succeeded him as governor.

I have finished these memoirs; a book which counterbalances, from the political standpoint, the memoirs of Cardinal de Retz.

In the Earl's chamber on the third floor was lodged the Marshal de Retz.

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