Affaire d’honneur
a duel.
historical examples
an “affaire d’honneur” originated from this, and the parties met this morning.
the south-west joseph holt ingraham
weell you for myself de condescension to have dat you weell be one friend to one affaire d’honneur?
love in a cloud arlo bates
noun (pl) affaires d’honneur (afɛr dɔnœr)
a duel
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