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  • noun Plural form of heyduc.

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Examples

  • I did not find her in the room in question; I saw there only our two femmes de chambre and one of the Queen's two heyducs, a man of great height and military aspect.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • At such a time, the heyducs within the Princess's suite of rooms used to turn out with their halberts and present to Prince Victor -- the same ceremony being performed on his own side, when pages came out and announced the approach of his Highness.

    Barry Lyndon William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • I did not find her in the room in question; I saw there only our two femmes de chambre and one of the Queen's two heyducs, a man of great height and military aspect.

    Marie Antoinette — Complete 1787

  • I did not find her in the room in question; I saw there only our two femmes de chambre and one of the Queen's two heyducs, a man of great height and military aspect.

    Marie Antoinette — Volume 06 1787

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