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Rambouillet

[ ram-boo-ley; French rahn-boo-ye ]

noun

  1. one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.


Rambouillet

1

/ ɑ̃ɛ /

noun

  1. a town in N France, in the Yvelines department: site of the summer residence of French presidents. Pop: 24 758 (1999)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Rambouillet

2

/ ɑ̃ɛ; ˈræmbʊˌleɪ; ˈrɒmbʊˌjeɪ /

noun

  1. a fine-woolled merino-like breed of sheep
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rambouillet1

First recorded in 1905–10; after Rambouillet, town and forest in N France, source of the breed
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rambouillet1

C19: from Rambouillet 1
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It will be purified into bio-methane and injected into a pipeline to the nearby town of Rambouillet, heating its hospital, swimming pool and homes.

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The Rambouillet attacker was shot dead by police.

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The specter of terrorism returned last Friday, when a man fatally stabbed a female administrative worker at a police station in Rambouillet, a town near Paris, in what government officials called a terrorist attack.

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The Tunisian national who killed a police employee in Rambouillet, south of Paris, on Friday had watched extremist videos just before carrying out his attack, a counterterrorism prosecutor said.

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The police administrative worker, a mother of two, was stabbed in the throat on Friday at the entrance of the police station where she worked in the town of Rambouillet, west of Paris.

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