Vendôme

[ vahn-dohm ]

/ vɑ̃ˈdoʊm /

Louis Jo·seph de

[lwee zhaw-zef duh] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf də/,1654–1712, French general and marshal.

Example sentences from the Web for vendome

He is the author of The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé (Vendome) and Une Vie Saint Laurent (Albin Michel).

Is Couture Dying? |Robert Murphy |January 27, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
He has a great deal on his mind, and has, so it is whispered, no small trouble in keeping the peace between Vendome and Burgundy.

In the Irish Brigade |G. A. Henty
In the middle of Vendome Place was raised a tent, supported at each corner by a pike surmounted with a red bonnet.

The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 |Eugne Sue
All the bodies were dragged to Vendome Place, where their heads were struck off and set on poles for a march through the town.

The Countess of Charny |Alexandre Dumas (pere)

We have placed him on the top of the Vendome Column, but we had the good taste not to stick him up in every provincial city.

Friend Mac Donald |Max O'Rell
Vendome laughed at Bergheyck, as at an ignorant fellow who did not know the position of places.

The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete |Duc de Saint-Simon

Vendôme

/ (French vɑ̃dom) /

Louis Joseph de (lwi ʒozɛf də). 1654–1712, French marshal, noted for his command during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14)