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Duclos, Jacques
(Encyclopedia)Duclos, Jacques zhäk düklōˈ [key], 1896–1975, French Communist party leader. Early in his career he joined the French Communist party and in 1931 became party secretary and a member of the polit...Glorioso Islands
(Encyclopedia)Glorioso Islands glōrˌēōˈsō, –zō [key], Fr. Îles Glorieuses, island group, c.2 sq mi (5 sq km), in the Mozambique Channel, W Indian Ocean, 125 mi (200 km) WNW of N Madagascar, part of the Sc...Florissant
(Encyclopedia)Florissant flôrˈĭsənt, flŏˈ– [key], city (2020 pop. 50,562), St. Louis co., E...Maury, Jean Siffrein
(Encyclopedia)Maury, Jean Siffrein zhäN sēfrăNˈ môrēˈ [key], 1746–1817, French churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A court preacher and writer before the French Revolution, he was known in th...La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de
(Encyclopedia)La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de älĕksäNˈdrə frādārēkˈ dük də lä rôshfo͞okōˈ-lyäNko͞orˈ [key], 1747–1827, French social reformer. Before the Fren...Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, comte de än ēläryôNˈ də kôtäNtăNˈ kôNt də to͞orvēlˈ [key], 1642–1701, French naval commander. He served in the wars of King Louis XIV and was mad...Pleven, René
(Encyclopedia)Pleven, René rənāˈ plĕväNˈ [key], 1901–93, French political leader. He held various diplomatic and financial posts in the Free French government during World War II and served (1944–46) as ...Deraismes, Maria
(Encyclopedia)Deraismes, Maria märēäˈ dərāmˈ [key], 1828–94, French feminist. She was a founder (1869) of the first French society dedicated to improving conditions and securing greater educational advanta...Bodel, Jehan
(Encyclopedia)Bodel, Jehan zhäN bōdĕlˈ [key], b. c.1165, French trouvère of Arras. He is the author of one of the earliest dramas entirely in French, a mystery play entitled Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas (c.1200). ...Vaugelas, Claude Favre de
(Encyclopedia)Vaugelas, Claude Favre de klōd fäˈvrə də vōzhəläˈ [key], 1585–1650, French grammarian. He set up, in his Remarques sur la langue française (1647), the usage of cultured people as the stand...Browse by Subject
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