Duroc Definition

dyo͝oräk, dyyo͝oräk
noun
Any of a breed of large red or reddish-brown hog.
Webster's New World

Origin of Duroc

  • Early 19th Century, from the name of a stallion said to have been bought by the breeder, Isaac Frinck, on the same day as the pigs from which he developed the breed.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Duroc , a horse owned by the developer of the breed

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Duroc Sentence Examples

  • Next came dignities of a slightly lower rank, such as those of grand almoner (Fesch), grand marshal of the palace (Duroc), grand chamberlain (Talleyrand), grand master of the horse (Caulaincourt), grand huntsman (Berthier), grand master of ceremonies (Segur).

  • Military affairs in this period are dealt with under Napoleonic Campaigns; but it may be noted here that during the anxious days which Napoleon spent at the camp of Boulogne in the second and third weeks of August 1805, uncertain whether to risk all in an attack on England in case Villeneuve should arrive, or to turn the Grand Army against Austria, the only step which he took to avert a continental war was the despatch of General Duroc to Berlin to offer Hanover to Prussia on consideration of her framing a close alliance with France.

  • The Duroc Jersey or Duroc, of a red or cherry-red colour - not sandy or dark - is the most popular pig in Nebraska and equal to any other in Iowa.

  • Duroc boars are used as natural servers as a back up to AI, with all selected breeding sows reared at Harnhill.

  • Duroc said that Napoleon would receive the Russian general before going for his ride.

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DDUDUR

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COCROC

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