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porteous

n. (context historical English) A portable breviary.

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Porteous (store)

Porteous, Mitchell & Braun Co., or simply Porteous, was a mid-market department store based in Portland, Maine.

Porteous

Porteous may refer to:

  • Porteous (store)
  • Porteous Point

Usage examples of "porteous".

Both of them had given their testimony in the earlier trials of Porteous Glaves, and yet now there was another trial.

Dragoneer, you had been made aware of the scurrilous rumors that had been broadcast concerning my client, the right honorable Porteous Glaves, of Aubinas.

Ah, yes, you found my client, the accused, Porteous Glaves, to be dazed and frightened.

In the cells in the Barbican, where former Commander Porteous Glaves paced, the song of the wyverns only increased the level of tension.

Dragon House in complete uproar, someone brought in the news that Porteous Glaves had escaped from the cells in the Barbican.

A dozen magnates were gathered to mark the release of Porteous Glaves.

Still, Faltus Wexenne judged that Porteous would not be missed overmuch.

It moved out from behind the desk toward Porteous, who wanted to run, but could not.

Great One do to Porteous, Wexenne understood that to the Lord Lapsor, men were as plastic as clay.

Wexenne mused on the difference between the new dynamic Porteous and the old one.

The smug stupidity of these Aubinans had grated on her for years during the case of Porteous Glaves.

He had only to think of Porteous to start to plan a departure to Kadein.

Glaves, Captain, Commander Porteous Glaves of the Eighth Marneri Regiment.

Dandrax had promised himself that he would never die for Porteous Glaves.

Eighth Marneri, where Commander Porteous Glaves received the orders with anything but calm.