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duquesne
/duːˈkeɪn/
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What does duquesne mean?
proper noun
- A surname from French.
- A ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States.
- A city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States.
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proper noun
- A city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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/duːˈkeɪn/
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Louisbourg, Montmorency, Duquesne, St. Louis, Vincennes, New Orleans (for such were the names they bore) are words dear to France and familiar to our ears.
And, after my return from the frontier, he would have had me undertake the conduct of such an expedition with provincial troops, for the reduction of Fort Duquesne, Dunbar and his men being otherwise employed; and he proposed to commission me as general.
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On the eighth, the Indian army arrived, being four hundred and forty-four in number, commanded by Capt. Duquesne, eleven other Frenchmen, and some of their own chiefs, and marched up within view of our fort, with British and French colours flying; and having sent a summons to me, in his Britannick Majesty's name, to surrender the fort, I requested two days consideration, which was granted.