Definition of Douaniers

1. douanier [n] - See also: douanier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Douaniers

dottinesses
dotting
dotting the i's and crossing the t's
dottle
dottled
dottler
dottles
dottlest
dottrel
dottrels
dotty
doty
douane
douanes
douanier
douaniers (current term)
douar
douars
douay bible
doublable
double
double-action
double-agent
double-bank
double-banked
double-banking
double-banks
double-barreled
double-barreled shotgun

Literary usage of Douaniers

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

1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... douaniers. English—We'll clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent. ; French—Vous ... douaniers ..."

2. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in by Philippe-Paul Ségur (1825)
"French douaniers to be placed at Gottenburg. These demands were eluded. > Soon after Napoleon proposed an alliance between Sweden, Denmark, and the grand ..."

3. Narrative of a Visit to the Courts of Russia and Sweden: In the Years 1830 by C[harles] Colville Frankland (1832)
"... retaken by douaniers.—State of Courland—Mechanical Theatre.—Appearance of the Neva and Canals Reflections upon the Political state of Russia. ..."

4. A Summer in the Pyrenees by James Erskine Murray (1837)
"... into France—Scene with the French douaniers—St. Beat— Pyrenean marbles—Interesting Town and Cathedral of St. Ber- trand—Antiquities—History ..."

5. The Private Diary of Richard, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1862)
"... Rich Jew—Arrival at Naples—The Minister and the douaniers—Invitation from the King—Abbé Campbell—The King and Queen at the Opera—Death and Funeral of ..."

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