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chenier
1[ shin-uh-ree ]
noun
- a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
Chénier
2[ shey-nyey ]
noun
- An·dré Ma·rie de [ah, n, -, drey, m, a, -, ree, d, uh], 1762–94, French poet.
Chénier
/ ʃenje /
noun
- ChénierAndré (Marie de)17621794MFrenchWRITING: poet André ( Marie de ) (ɑ̃dre). 1762–94, French poet; his work was influenced by the ancient Greek elegiac poets. He was guillotined during the French Revolution
- ChénierMarie-Joseph (Blaise de)17641811MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatistPOLITICS: politician his brother, Marie-Joseph ( Blaise de ). 1764–1811, French dramatist and politician. He wrote patriotic songs and historical plays, such as Charles IX (1789)
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Chenier's famous Hymn to Liberty was then sung in full chorus, accompanied by a magnificent orchestra.
Chenier sprang forward at him with his knife, and then, thinking better of it, he darted back and stabbed frantically at my heart.
"But first there must be peace," said the Norman, Jean Chenier, twisting his mouth into a faintly bitter smile.
I had access to know, before I left France, that the emperor had abused M. Chenier, and that he had made his complaint at court.
No. 97, now a humble shop with the sign Au pote de 1793, was the home of Andr Chenier.
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