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Ney

[ ney ]

noun

  1. Mi·chel [mee-, shel], Duke of El·ching·en [el, -, kh, ing-, uh, n], 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.


Ney

/ neɪ; nɛ /

noun

  1. NeyMichel, Duc d'Elchingen17691815MFrenchMILITARY: general Michel (miʃɛl), Duc d'Elchingen. 1769–1815, French marshal, who earned the epithet Bravest of the Brave at the battle of Borodino (1812) in the Napoleonic Wars. He rallied to Napoleon on his return from Elba and was executed for treason (1815)


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Both Ney and Abramoff have reentered the public spotlight following their sentences, writing books about their experiences.

Ney said McDonnell needs to “keep a stiff lip” and stay in close contact with family members.

“He has to really stay on the down low, he has to make sure that he blends in,” Ney told the Beast.

The unusual textures (santouri, ney, lyra, clarinets, voices) impart a mystical quality to this work.

In the last decade, Representatives Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney, William Jefferson—a diverse lot—took bribes and went to prison.

Instead of profiting by the advice of those able soldiers, Lannes and Ney, he spent his time quarrelling with them.

Junot and Ney were openly contemptuous, Regnier hung back, and was three weeks late in his arrangements.

The consequence of this was far-reaching, for Victor, like Ney, refused in future to work in conjunction with Soult.

This time there was no interference, and Ney so severely wounded his adversary that he was unable to continue his profession.

Ney was fortunate in that he had not to spend long years as a non-commissioned officer with no obvious future before him.

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