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Vauban
[ voh-bahn ]
noun
- Sé·bas·tien le Pres·tre de [sey-b, a, s-, tyan, l, uh, , pre, -t, r, uh, d, uh], 1633–1707, French military engineer and marshal.
Vauban
/ Dzɑ̃ /
noun
- VaubanSébastien Le Prestre de16331707MFrenchTECHNOLOGY: engineerMILITARY: general Sébastien Le Prestre de (sebastjɛ̃ lə prɛtrə də). 1633–1707, French military engineer and marshal, who greatly developed the science of fortification and devised novel siege tactics using a series of parallel trenches
Example Sentences
"I won't give up," she told thousands of flag-waving supporters in Place Vauban, close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday.
The first event is planned for Place Vauban close to the Eiffel Tower on Sunday.
After Parliament met again and failed to bring down the government on Monday, many demonstrators slipped out of the authorized protest zone on Place Vauban, which was surrounded by throngs of police trucks and officers in riot gear.
A few blocks away, tension was palpable on the Place Vauban, near the National Assembly, where hundreds of mostly young protesters had gathered.
Irish Champion Hurdle winner State Man and stablemate Vauban are next in the betting for the Festival's leading trainer Willie Mullins.
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