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Meanings of intendant in English
Administrative office in the French provinces during the ancient régime.
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Usage of intendant in English
1
The good understanding between the intendant and the Sovereign Council was absolute.
2
The King spoke and the intendant forthwith transformed his words into action.
3
The intendant himself would not inquire too narrowly whence the child came.
4
The intendant himself would not inquire too narrowly whence the infant came.
5
But in Canada, as the intendant explained, this arrangement was utterly impracticable.
6
The intendant insisted that women and girls should be taught to spin.
7
Cavalier opened his mouth to reply, but the intendant cut him short.
8
His mission was over and he left Canada on August 28, intendant.
9
The minister drafted for the intendant's guidance a long letter of instructions.
10
We have finished just in time, she continued, arranging the intendant's papers.
11
I found twelve men, with Monsieur de la Vallee's intendant, at Roanne.
12
This was the occasion of some friction between the Jesuits and the intendant.
13
The minister was better pleased when the intendant wrote concerning potash and tar.
14
The king spoke and the intendant transformed his words into action.
15
But both the governor and the intendant came within his power.
16
First comes the governor, then the bishop, and then the intendant.
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