douanier

American  

[dwa-nyey] / dwaˈnyeɪ /

noun

French.

plural

douaniers

1. a customs officer or official.

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Example Sentences

A startled douanier, standing in the door of his office stared up into the square faces of grey-coated horsemen riding past.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is what the great Primitives did, and what the douanier could not do always.

From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive

Jack asked in amazement; and then the black cocks’ plumes in the casquette of the douanier revealed the information that he craved.

From A Woman's Will by Caliga, I. H. (Isaac Henry)

The douanier drew back a few steps; it was impossible to see his face, but his steadfast suspicious regard was to be imagined.

From A Marriage at Sea by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

With a little ingenuity and disingenuousness one might make a douanier of them.

From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive