Crosne

It's pronounced just like the word crone, being named for the French town Crosne.

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On the other side of the river is the village of +Crosne+; where on the 1st November 1636 was born, in the house No. 3 Rue Simon, Nicolas

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Senate; and Sieyès, in consideration of his constitutional work, received the estate of Crosne from the nation.

The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

Crosne must have read with amused contempt the resolution of this body, which he had designed to be the _guardian of the republican constitution_:

The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

The sting in the tail of Lebrun's epigram struck home. Sieyès 'acceptance of Crosne was, in fact, his acceptance of notice to quit public affairs, in which he had always moved with philosophic disdain.

The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

Napoleon as national recompense to Siéyès for the services he had rendered to France, and to himself personally, gave him the estate of Crosne.

In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc 1879

NICOLAS BOILEAU, named DESPRÉAUX, from a field (pré) of his father's property at Crosne, was born in Paris, 1636, son of the registrar of the Grand Chambre du Palais.

A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878

"Send for M. de Crosne," said the queen, joyously.

The Queen's Necklace Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

"Oh, a delightful trick, a most ingenious idea; I call it a joke, but matter-of-fact people -- and you know how matter-of-fact M. de Crosne can be -- call it a theft."

The Queen's Necklace Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

"I see, M. de Crosne wishes me to leave," said he.

The Queen's Necklace Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836