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Definition of Cognac

1. Noun. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.

Definition of Cognac

1. n. A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.

Definition of Cognac

1. Proper noun. a city in the Charente département of France, famous for cognac brandy ¹

2. Noun. a brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cognac

1. a brandy [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognac

Literary usage of Cognac

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

1. Report by Cape of Good Hope (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture (1907)
"J. & F. Martel, 1 star cognac. J. & F. Martel. 3 star cognac. Catón Pere et Fils, 3 star cognac. Maraud Frères, 3 star cognac, lona Blend, Old Highland, ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"On May 22, after Francis had reached cognac, ambassadors of the Pope, the Venetians, and the Duke of Milan made an alliance with the French King against the ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Twenty-five hundredweight of lees yield about 1 Ib. of cognac oil ... Pure cognac oil being very expensive, it is frequently adulterated with absolute ..."

4. A History of Modern Europe: From the Fall of Constantinople by Thomas Henry Dyer, Arthur Hassall (1901)
"League of Meanwhile the Pope, the Venetians, and Sforza, had formed cognac. a league against the Emperor with Francis I., then at cognac. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"But little brandy is now distilled in cognac itself, the greater part being ... Whilst the term ' cognac ' has by custom come to be used almost as a generic ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"But little brandy is now distilled in cognac itself, the greater part being ... Whilst the term ' cognac ' has by custom come to be used almost as a generic ..."

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