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Literature | Vengeur (Le). A man-of-war commanded by Cambrone. The tale is this: June 1, 1794, Lord Howe encountered the French fleet off Ushant. Six ships were taken by the English admiral, and the victory was decisive. but Le Vengeur, although reduced to a mere hulk, refused to surrender, and, discharging a last broadside, sank in the waves, while the crew shouted "Vive la République! " The Convention ordered a medal to be struck with this legend- Le Triomphe du Vengeur. It is almost a pity that this thoroughly French romance should lack one important item- a grain of truth. The day of this victory is often called "The Glorious First of June." The historic fact is, the ship sank, with the crew crying for help, which was readily given by the British foe. "We'll show the haughty British race The Frenchman can such honour boast- That when one Vengour we have lost, Another hastes to take her place. Translated by J. Oxenford. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: VENGEUR |
| Non-English Usage: "VENGEUR" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (avenger, retributive, revengeful, Revenger, vengeful). |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-n-r-u-v" | |
-2 letters: enure, genre, green, nerve, never, revue, venge, venue, verge. | |
-3 letters: eger, erne, even, ever, gene, genu, gree, grue, neve, rune, rung, urge, veer. | |
-4 letters: eng, ere, erg, ern, eve, gee, gen, gnu, gun, guv, nee, ree, reg, rev, rue, rug, run, urn, vee, veg, vug. | |
-5 letters: en, er, ne, nu, re, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-n-r-u-v" | |
+2 letters: gerundive, unaverage, unreeving. | |
+3 letters: everduring, gerundives, revengeful. | |
+4 letters: argumentive, maneuvering, overindulge, resurveying, supervening, undeserving. | |
+5 letters: endeavouring, grievousness, overgenerous, overindulged, overindulges, oversanguine, reevaluating, rejuvenating, revengefully, unaggressive, ungovernable, unprivileged, volunteering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 45 4E 47 45 55 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . -. --. . ..- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01000101 01001110 01000111 01000101 01010101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V E N G E U R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0045 004E 0047 0045 0055 0052 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56394841395552 |
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