Florissant

[ flawr-uh-suhnt ]

noun

1. a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.

Example Sentences

With dusk approaching, the massive crowd marched north on Florissant.

From The Daily Beast

Johnson is the first cop not wearing riot gear and carrying an assault rifle to walk down Florissant in the past few days.

From The Daily Beast

Their militarized garb reflected the atmosphere: West Florissant is a war zone.

From The Daily Beast

Mother Duchesne resumed her old life at Florissant--a life of prayer, toil and self-immolation.

From Project Gutenberg

Stone-coal exists in large bodies at Florissant, and in various places on the Osage river.

From Project Gutenberg

We visited Florissant, a French village, containing a convent and a young ladies' seminary.

From Project Gutenberg

Florissant is an old Spanish town not far from St. Louis, founded soon after the latter.

From Project Gutenberg

The fossil-beds at Florissant are one of the most famous of fossil-deposits.

From Project Gutenberg