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rouen
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What does rouen mean?
noun
- A heavyweight breed of domesticated duck, of French origin.
proper noun
- The prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime, and the capital of the region of Normandy, France, on the Seine River.
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He was born in a very humble station, at Andeleys, near Rouen, where his father kept a small school.
The husband of Jeanne Rouen went to the château to inquire after his son, but could obtain no information.
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A diligence from the Rue du Bouloi took the trip to Rouen by night at that date, and passed through Vernon.
It may help to dispose of the objection that she virtually disappears from history after the date of the tragedy at Rouen.
That same night, he hotly departed with some followers from his father’s court, and endeavoured to take the Castle of Rouen by surprise.