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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern Quebec, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River opposite Montreal.

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  • In a short time they regained the high road, and went along at a tremendous pace for three or four miles, when they entered the village of Longueuil, which is situated on the south bank of the St. Lawrence, a little below Montreal.

    The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician Charlotte Fuhrer

  • By lunchtime, a spokesman for SAC Capital issued a statement calling Longueuil's and Freeman's actions "outrageous."

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • By lunchtime, a spokesman for SAC Capital issued a statement calling Longueuil's and Freeman's actions "outrageous."

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • By lunchtime, a spokesman for SAC Capital issued a statement calling Longueuil's and Freeman's actions "outrageous."

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • By lunchtime, a spokesman for SAC Capital issued a statement calling Longueuil's and Freeman's actions "outrageous."

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Acting governor Longueuil complained to Versailles that English traders were winning over the Indians by selling at low prices and making plenty of gifts, including unlimited gunpowder.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • He took to bed early in 1752 and died on March 6; he was replaced by the baron de Longueuil until a new governor arrived.26

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Longueuil, for instance, was recorded recapping his late-night "20-block walk around the city" in pursuit of garbage trucks, and saying, "I pressed the eject button and everything's expletive gone," according to an FBI affidavit.

    Federal investigators expose vast web of insider trading David S. Hilzenrath 2011

  • Longueuil, Charles le Moyne, baron de 1687–1755, acting governor of New France, 1752

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • “It is to be wished,” Longueuil told the ministry, “that it would spread among our rebels; it would be fully as good as an army.”

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

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