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Benoît

[ buh-nwa ]

noun

  1. Pierre [pyer, ley-aw-, nar, ley-aw-, pawld] (or Peter) Lé·o·nard Lé·o·pold [pee, -ter ley-aw-, nar, ley-aw-, pawld], 1834–1901, Belgian composer.


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Six French people out of 10 approve it,” declared Benoît Hamon, whose title is “minister of economic solidarity.

Investigator  Lt. Col. Benoît Vinnermann, added that the grim crime scene "goes well beyond television fiction."

Fernand tells a story of violence at the monastery of Souillac, which was closely connected with his own at Chezal-Benoît.

At St. Benoît a party of some 300 French prisoners was encountered, waiting outside headquarters.

But between Benoît and Boccaccio there is another personage who concerns us very distinctly.

Mealy Benoît had paid his score already, and Hogshead Geoffroy's deferent escort of friends was getting restless.

A friend of Geoffroy's broke in: it was Mealy Benoît, his most formidable competitor for the appointment.

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