| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HOUGOUMONT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1816. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Hougoumont is said to be a corruption of Cháteau Goumont; but Victor Hugo says it is Hugo-mons, and that the house was built by Hugo, Sire de Sommeril, the same person that endowed the sixth chapelry of the abbey of Villers. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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| Hougoumont | 33 | Hougoumont | 33 | |
| Hougoumont (ship) | 13 | Hougoumont (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Hougoumont (alternative meanings) | 2 | Hougoumont (ship) | 13 | |
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