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# How to pronounce "douzeper" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ˈduzˌpɛəɹ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **dou·ze·per**
- **Stress**: **DOU** — say this syllable louder and longer
- **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-douzeper.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-douzeper.wav.mp3)

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- One of the legendary “twelve peers” or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.
  - *Example*: "Also kynge Charlemayne kynge of Fraunce / With his dyssypers Rowland and Olyuer / With all the resydue of his alyaunce / That in all armes so noble were / On goddys ennemyes brake many a spere / Causynge them to flee to theyr grete vylony / Hardynes was cause that they had vyctory"
- One of the twelve nobles granted feudal territories or episcopal sees by the King of France in return for their fealty (namely the Archbishop-Duke of Rheims; the Bishop-Dukes of Laon and Langres; the Bishop-Counts of Beauvais, Chalons, and Noyon, the Dukes of Normandy, Burgundy, and Aquitaine; and the Counts of Toulouse, Flanders and Champagne).
  - *Example*: "And whan the realme of Frãce was fallen to him [Charles IV of France], he was crowned by the assent of the twelve dowspiers of Fraunce; and thã, bicause they wold nat that the realme of Frãce shulde be long without an heyre male, they aduysed by their counsell, that the kyng shulde be remaryed agayne, and so he was to the doughter of the Emperour Henry of Lucenbourg, […]"

### Example Sentences
- "Also kynge Charlemayne kynge of Fraunce / With his dyssypers Rowland and Olyuer / With all the resydue of his alyaunce / That in all armes so noble were / On goddys ennemyes brake many a spere / Causynge them to flee to theyr grete vylony / Hardynes was cause that they had vyctory"
- "And whan the realme of Frãce was fallen to him [Charles IV of France], he was crowned by the assent of the twelve dowspiers of Fraunce; and thã, bicause they wold nat that the realme of Frãce shulde be long without an heyre male, they aduysed by their counsell, that the kyng shulde be remaryed agayne, and so he was to the doughter of the Emperour Henry of Lucenbourg, […]"

## Video Examples

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## How to Pronounce "douzeper"

- **Syllables**: dou · ze · per
- **Stress**: DOU — say this syllable louder and longer
- **IPA**: `/ˈduzˌpɛəɹ/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed /DOU/ in the pronunciation — notice how the vowel sound is clearly emphasized.

## Related Words

### Related Concepts
[paladin](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/paladin)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “douzeper”?
“douzeper” is pronounced /ˈduzˌpɛəɹ/ (dou · ze · per). Listen to the audio pronunciation above to hear it spoken clearly.

### How many syllables are in “douzeper”?
“douzeper” has 3 syllables: dou · ze · per.

### Where is the stress in “douzeper”?
The primary stress in “douzeper” is on “DOU”.

### What does “douzeper” mean?
One of the legendary “twelve peers” or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.


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