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- noun Plural form of
Chouan .
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Examples
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The Chouans were a terror and a scourge to their fellow-citizens: farms burnt, unoffending citizens robbed and murdered, all their possessions seized on and appropriated, stabbing in the dark, and cowardly cruelties of all kinds characterized these "honourable men," who were _guerillas_ and nothing more.
Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre
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They are nicknamed "Chouans" which means screech owls.
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The "Chouans" who are strengthened by their victories, decide to advance futrther.
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They are nicknamed "Chouans" which means screech owls.
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The "Chouans" who are strengthened by their victories, decide to advance futrther.
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When the resistance to the "Chouans" became more serious, differences arose among their leaders.
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When the resistance to the "Chouans" became more serious, differences arose among their leaders.
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Frotté headed a considerable band of malcontents, and still more formidable were the Breton "Chouans" that followed the peasant leader
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General Count de Bourmont, born September 2, 1773, at the Chateau of Bourmont (Maine-et-Loire), amid the "Chouans," had shared their religious and monarchical passions.
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-- [The "Chouans," so called from their use of the cry of the screech-owl (chathouan) as a signal, were the revolted peasants of Brittany and of Maine.] --
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