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Challens, Mary
(Encyclopedia) Challens, Mary: see Renault, Mary.Renault, Mary
(Encyclopedia) Renault, Mary, pseud. of Mary Challens, 1905–83, English novelist, b. London. After receiving her nursing degree in 1936, she emigrated to South Africa. She was best-known for her…Renault, Louis
(Encyclopedia) Renault, LouisRenault, Louislwē rənōˈ [key], 1843–1918, French jurist, professor of international law at the Univ. of Paris. Renault was one of the founders of the scientific study of…Brewer's: Renault of Montauban
In the last chapter of the romance of Aymon's Four Sons, Renault, as an act of penance, carries the hods of mortar for the building of St. Peter's, at Cologne. “Since I cannot improve our…Château-Renault, François Louis Rousselet, marquis de
(Encyclopedia) Château-Renault, François Louis Rousselet, marquis deChâteau-Renault, François Louis Rousselet, marquis defräNswäˈ lwē r&oomacr;səlāˈ märkēˈ də shätōˈ-rənōˈ [key], 1637–1716,…Hamilton, Lewis
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Lewis (Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton), 1985–, British race car driver. After winning several European and world karting…Mary
Mary is the mother of Jesus of Nazareth in Christian and Islamic scriptures. Catholicism and some other Christian traditions honor her as a special saint, the "blessed virgin," who hears and acts…Mary I
England's Queen Mary I was the fourth monarch of the Tudor dynasty, whose five-year reign was marked by a brief return to Catholicism in the midst of the English Reformation. She was the only child…Brewer's: Renaud
French form of Rinaldo (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Renault of MontaubanRenarder A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…Brewer's: Rendezvous
The place to which you are to repair, a meeting, a place of muster or call. Also used as a verb. (French, rendez, betake; vous, yourself.) His house is a grand rendezvous of the élite of…Trending
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