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After the greatest difficulty in procuring an actor of prophetic mien willing to undertake the rather trying part of DANIEL, an intrepid _dompteur_ has been found in France and the story of the Lions 'Den is to be filmed at once.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 Various
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The students were mostly women, and I was hailed as deliverer and greatest _dompteur_ of beasts when I scooped Eurypelma up in a bottle and walked off with him.
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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He had tamed moose, and young mountain lions, and a catamount, and had had mad hours with pumas and arctic bears; and he could understand how even he might easily pass from M.P. to dompteur.
The Trespasser, Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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He had tamed moose, and young mountain lions, and a catamount, and had had mad hours with pumas and arctic bears; and he could understand how even he might easily pass from M.P. to dompteur.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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He had tamed moose, and young mountain lions, and a catamount, and had had mad hours with pumas and arctic bears; and he could understand how even he might easily pass from M.P. to dompteur.
The Trespasser, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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If ever I meet with the volume again I will look it out and see how that _rude dompteur de syllables_ managed it.
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If he was a _dompteur_ of dames and cattle, he was the same before his canvas.
Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890
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Puisque, doué ainsi de cette faveur, la mort terrible et sûre ne peut venir à lui de nulle autre part que de l’homme, va, dompteur _puissant_ de tes ennemis, va dans la condition humaine, et tue-le.
Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866
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