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