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Retz

American  
[rets, rets] / rɛts, rɛts /

noun

  1. Gilles de Laval Baron de, 1404?–40, French marshal: executed for child murder.

  2. Jean François Paul de Gondi Cardinal de, 1614–79, French politician and clergyman.


Retz British  
/ rets /

noun

  1. See Rais

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The Irishman recovered from a triple bogey at the 12th with three birdies over the last six holes for a two-over par 74 on the Retz course, leaving him two-under at Golf de Joyevnal.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2010

On the adjoining Retz, the left-hander Chris Gane and France's Julien Guerrier did best with 65s.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010

Janine Retz This is a photo of my fianc� Janine Retz.

From Time Magazine Archive

The little Hudson River town of "New Dortrecht," in the year 1792, was a peaceful & pleasant community until the arrival of the French emigre M. de Saint Loup, with his great wolfhound De Retz.

From Time Magazine Archive

Better still is the Conjuration de Fiesque of the Cardinal de Retz, his first work, and one written when he was but seventeen.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George