Definition of Talleyrand

1. Noun. French statesman (1754-1838).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Talleyrand

Talibs
Talinum
Talinum augustissimum
Talinum aurantiacum
Talinum brevifolium
Talinum calycinum
Talinum paniculatum
Talinum spinescens
Talitha
Tall Blacks
Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa River
Tallchief
Tallerman treatment
Talleyrand (current term)
Talleyrandian
Tallin
Tallinn
Tallinner
Tallinners
Tallulah Bankhead
Talmud
Talmudic
Talmudic literature
Talmudist
Talmudistic
Talmudists
Talpidae
Talwin

Literary usage of Talleyrand

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

1. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"of February, 1754, was the eldest son of Charles Daniel, Count de Talleyrand. An accident which occurred in his infancy made him lame for life. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"Talleyrand. IN the midst of the rumours that on all sides arose on the announcement of the forthcoming ' Memoirs' of Prince Talleyrand, no truer words seem ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Talleyrand and Fouché had the courage to look the matter in the face. ... On January 23 he attacked Talleyrand in public with unprecedented violence. ..."

4. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine, Rafter (1872)
"I. AFTER his triumphal entrance into Paris, the Emperor Alexander had dismounted at Jie hotel of M. de Talleyrand, situated at the angle of the ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"Talleyrand, who, we may observe in passing, plays in the memoirs the new part of his master's better genius,* counselled him to make a grand ..."

6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1891)
"In that administration Talleyrand was to have been the minister of finance, ... It is not a little singular that Talleyrand retained the bishopric of Autun ..."

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