franche-comte

Franche-Comté [frahnsh-kawn-tey] EXAMPLES| noun a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy. Liberaldictionary.com

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Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for franche-comte Historical Examples of franche-comte

In the month of August he went to Franche-Comte, where he spent a month.

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Pichegru belonged to an agricultural family of Franche-Comte.

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I took refuge in Franche-Comte at first, and there I lived for some time by the toil of my hands.

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He repaired this disgrace by a second conquest, in person, of Franche-Comte, which this time was preserved by France.

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British Dictionary definitions for franche-comte Franche-Comté noun a region of E France, covering the Jura and the low country east of the Saône: part of the Kingdom of Burgundy (6th century ad –1137); autonomous as the Free County of Burgundy (1137–1384); under Burgundian rule again (1384–1477) and Hapsburg rule (1493–1674); annexed by France (1678) 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