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Le Vengeur
A war-vessel of the French fabled to have gone down rather than surrender to the English in a battle off Ushant on 1st June 1794, the crew shouting "Vive la République," when it was really a cry for help.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Language
- Category: Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
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