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• Abel Servien, Marquis de Sable and de Boisdauphin, Comte de La Roche-Servien
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(1):

(a.) Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; - used chiefly in poetry.

(2):

(n.) The tincture black; - represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

(3):

(n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; - generally in the plural.

(4):

(n.) The fur of the sable.

(5):

(v. t.) To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

(6):

(n.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, - noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.