Sans
[sænz]
Definition
(prep.) Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word.
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Definition
prep. (Shak.) without wanting.—n. Sans′-appel′ a person from whose decision there is no appeal.—Sans nombre (her.) repeated often and covering the field; Sans souci without care: free and easy.
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Examples
- Sans doute vous savourez d'avance les délices de l'autorité. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was built by Jean Sans-Peur, Duke of Burgundy, to set his conscience at rest--he had assassinated the Duke of Orleans. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A crabbed dialogue terminated in my being called une petite moqueuse et sans-coeur, and in Monsieur's temporary departure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The French noblesse chose to have the people '_sans culottes_,' and they had '_sans culotte_' governors to their hearts' content. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Braithwaite and Ericsson, which weighed only 2? tons; and the Sans Pareil, manufactured by Mr. Arkworth, which weighed 4? tons. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Lorsque la peine est sans mesure, on est souvent obligé de lui préférer l'impunité. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Tyler took it sans food. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Adele heard him, and asked if she was to go to school sans mademoiselle? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Eunice— _Cela va sans dire_, said Maurice, leaning his elbows on the balustrade. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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