Definition of Affaires

1. affaire [n] - See also: affaire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affaires

aff'g
aff.
affabilities
affability
affable
affableness
affably
affabrous
affabulation
affabulations
affadavit
affadavits
affair
affaire
affaire d'honneur
affaires (current term)
affaires d'honneur
affairs
affamish
affamished
affamishes
affamishing
affamishment
affatuated
affear
affeard
affeare
affeared
affeares
affearing

Literary usage of Affaires

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

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"The fourth class, the Charge's d'affaires, charges differs chiefly in one point from the first, second, and d affaires- third class—namely, in so far as its ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"Mac Geoghegan, having mentioned the return of Don Juan from Ireland to Corunna, says : " Sur un soupcon d'infidelite dans 1'administration des affaires ..."

3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1889)
"affaires DE L'ANGLETERRE ET DE L'AMERIQUE. BY PAUL LEICESTER FORD. In 1776 there was commenced at Paris, though with the imprint of " Anvers," a periodical ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"Ch. de Martens explains that "charges [*23 d'affaires ad hoc on permanent ... Chargés d'affaires ad interim are presented as such by the minister of the ..."

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