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  beau geste Beauharnais, Eugène de  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Beauharnais, Alexandre de
 
SYLLABICATION:Beau·har·nais
PRONUNCIATION:  b-är-n
DATES:1760–1794
French soldier who fought with Rochambeau's troops in the American Revolution and later in France with the French Revolutionary army. He was guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
 
 
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