Procureur

The Procureur was a short, dark man, with short, grizzly hair, quick, sparkling eyes, and a thick beard cut close on his projecting lower jaw.

Resurrection 2003

The Procureur was a short, dark man, with short, grizzly hair, quick, sparkling eyes, and a thick beard cut close on his projecting lower jaw.

Voskresenie. English Leo Tolstoy 1869

We were stopped frequently on the way, but on my companion declaring that he was the 'Procureur' of the Commune, he was respectfully saluted and allowed to proceed.

Juniper Hall: A Rendezvous of Certain Illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, Including Alexandre D'Arblay and Fanny Burney 1904

Procureur-Géneral, who registered all the names; but, as these belonged to not a few senators and dignitaries, the Emperor wisely quashed proceedings.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“If you have the letters, Monsieur le Procureur General, my intervention is unnecessary,” said Corentin, finding himself alone with Monsieur de Granville, who looked at him with very natural curiosity.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

The eloquent “Substitut du Procureur du Roi” has prejudged the case, in the course of a few sentences.

The Paris Sketch Book 2006

Because a romantic Substitut du Procureur de Roi chooses to compose and recite a little drama, and draw tears from juries, let us hope that severe Rhadamanthine judges are not to be melted by such trumpery.

The Paris Sketch Book 2006

Mortier (these last so called from their black velvet caps laced with gold), les Maitres tres des Requetes, les Greffiers, le Procureur

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Some petty piece of political trickery, such as mistaking Villele for Manuel in a bulletin (the names rhyme, and that quiets your conscience), and you will probably be a Procureur General by the time you are forty, with a chance of becoming a deputy.

Father Goriot 2003

Then, finally, she dies in presence of the Archbishop, of Bianchon the great doctor, and of the Procureur-General and other witnesses, whom she has sent for to listen to her confession of moral complicity, the death scene being narrated with much theatrical emphasis.

Balzac 2003