affaire d'honneur

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af·faire d'hon·neur (ä-fâr

dô-n

)

n. pl. af·faires d'honneur (ä-fâr

)

An affair of honor; a duel.

[French : affaire, affair + de, of + honneur, honor.]

affaire d'honneur French [afɛr dɔnœr]

n pl affaires d'honneur [afɛr dɔnœr]

a duel

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Noun

affaire d'honneur - a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

duel

fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

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