Aunis
[ oh-nees ]
noun
a historic region in western France, on the Atlantic coast: once a fief of the duchy of Aquitaine.
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How to use Aunis in a sentence
Let me take one hundred of the gendarmes of Aunis; I have plenty of friends there, and can choose whom I like.
The Forty-Five Guardsmen | Alexandre DumasGentlemen, we are marine officers, and you are gendarmes of Aunis, apparently.
The Forty-Five Guardsmen | Alexandre Dumas
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