Definition of Armagnac

1. Noun. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.

Generic synonyms: Brandy

Definition of Armagnac

1. Proper noun. A region of France ¹

2. Proper noun. A party prominent in French politics and warfare during the Hundred Years' War ¹

3. Noun. A brandy made in the region of Armagnac. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Armagnac

1. a French brandy [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Armagnac

Arkansawyer
Arkhangelsk
Arkite
Arleen
Arlene
Arline
Arlington
Arlon
Arlt
Arlt's operation
Armada
Armadillidiidae
Armadillidium
Armageddon
Armaghan
Armagnac
Armagnacs
Armalite
Armalite and the ballot box
Armalites
Armand Jean du Plessis
Armanni-Ebstein change
Armanni-Ebstein kidney
Armata Corsa
Armed Forces Day
Armed Islamic Group
Armenia
Armenia Inferior
Armenia Minor
Armenian

Literary usage of Armagnac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier, Pierre Desrey (1867)
"... into the county of armagnac, and likewise the count de Dammartin, the bailiff of Evreux, and several others, against tho count d'armagnac, into Rouergue ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Under the English rule the counts of armagnac were turbulent and untrustworthy vassals; ... From this time onward the armagnac party, with the dauphin, ..."

3. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1889)
"Sigismund's efforts at procuring peace had been thwarted in Paris Failure of bv the determination of D'armagnac, whose position had sigi«mmid'1 become ..."

4. The History of France by EYRE EVANS. CROWE (1860)
"He was de- CHAP termined to put an end to the eternal treason of Count 1 armagnac, whom he had so often pardoned. The Sire de Beaujeu of the house of ..."

5. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1834)
"armagnac was commonly divided into High and Low: — High armagnac comprehended only the district so culled, in which are the towns of Auch and Lectoure ..."

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