maire
Example Sentences
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Cracked a foreign diplomat in expectant Washington: "Us ne passeront pas devant le maire* but there will be a common-law marriage."
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole of the Staff and H.Q. had been invited, and the maire, the curé, the médecin of the village, and their families were also to attend.
From Life in a Tank by Richard Haigh
The maire was next pointed out, and seized.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Alas! there has been an accident, m'sieur le maire!
From Studies in love and in terror by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Conchon was maire of Clermont-Ferrand, and he who was as innocent of all this as a new-born babe, had his house burned over his head.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
