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  • noun Plural form of pertuisan.

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Examples

  • Councell to passe unto the Cabinet: and as he did lift up the tapistrie with one hand to enter, they charge him with their swords, daggers, and pertuisans: yet not with so great violence, but he shewed the murtherers the last endeavours of an invincible valour and courage.

    Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman

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