Retz
Americannoun
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Gilles de Laval Baron de, 1404?–40, French marshal: executed for child murder.
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Jean François Paul de Gondi Cardinal de, 1614–79, French politician and clergyman.
noun
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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
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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
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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
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