Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The insurrection of the Chouans, and also the body of persons engaged in it.
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Examples
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All the personages were of ripe age; few among them had ever travelled; nearly all had spent their lives in the provinces, and some had taken part in the chouannerie.
An Old Maid Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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All the personages were of ripe age; few among them had ever travelled; nearly all had spent their lives in the provinces, and some had taken part in the chouannerie.
The Jealousies of a Country Town Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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French words such as 'chouannerie, projet', etc. But Pitt's "additions" are unnoticed by Frere and other reporters and critics of his speeches.
Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Rio describes the more notable incidents of his life in the two works, "Histoire d'un collège breton sous l'Empire, la petite chouannerie" (1842) and "Epilogue à l'art chrétien" (2 vols.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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