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Leaving America, a poor beggar clutching cup's heading for a Moorish palace
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alcazar
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The Alcazar (later Alcazar d'Hiver ) was a Café-concert which opened in 1858, located at 10 Rue du Faubourg Poissonière in Paris , and closed in 1902. This café-concert was first directed by Joseph Mayer, then by Arsène Goubert who attracted the singer ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alcazar \Al*ca"zar\, n. [ fr. Ar. al the + qacr (in pl.) a castle.] A fortress; also, a royal palace. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] ||
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n. A Moorish fortress in Spain
Usage examples of alcazar.
Conyngham had been in Toledo before, and knew his way to the inn under the shadow of the great Alcazar, now burnt and ruined.
I ask that you swear a new oath to me: to lead this ship to Alcazar and let us aid your guild in ridding your people of this curse.
Though the morning sun climbed the blue sky, it had yet to rise above the heights of Alcazar to shine down into the tall, narrow yard.
Approached from the desert Alcazar appeared to be a plain pinnacle of stone, hut a natural vertical crack in its northern face led into an inner central courtyyard open to the sky above.
The plan was for him to recuperate at Alcazar while the others continued in their efforts to destroy the Basilisk Gate.
She wanted to be the first to glimpse Alcazar, to share a moment of private homecoming.
Five centuries ago, when the keep of Alcazar was first carved from the rock, the guild was fleeing from the sinking of Castle Drakk in southern Alasea.
Though he had been thwarted in Alcazar, the information he had gained was worth the loss.
There were five of them, led by Carlos Alcazar, the oldest and most feared of all the students.
Like all the other boys of their age except Carlos Alcazar, who boasted about having passed the test they looked at those women from afar, with veneration and fear.
Among the candidates was Lolita Pulido, the niece of Don Juan Alcazar, a gentle, coquettish fourteen, very different from her cousin Carlos.
Even though Alejandro de la Vega detested Juan Alcazar because of the incident with the Indians, he had to invite him and all his family because he was one of the important men of the town.
Besides, she had been sending him love notes for a year through her chaperone, which he had not answered, partly out of shyness but also because he had wanted to stay as far away as possible from any member of the Alcazar family, even a niece.
To get them, he needed Carlos Alcazar, the commander of El Diablo prison, who provided him with slaves for diving.
I used to go rather often to say mass, but I had words with Carlos Alcazar, and he forbade me to come.