de Beauvoir

[ duhbohv-wahr; French duhboh-vwar ]

noun
  1. Si·mone [see-mawn] /siˈmɔn/ Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand, 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.

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  • As a result, Morton, being head over ears in love with her, sent de Beauvoir a challenge.

    The Magnificent Montez | Horace Wyndham
  • Philippe de Lannoy, sieur de Beauvoir, the commander of the Flemings, ordered them to halt.

    The Legend of Ulenspiegel | Charles de Coster
  • Only imagine what a rage this put the marquise de Beauvoir in: she stormed, wept, had a nervous attack.

    Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry | Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

British Dictionary definitions for de Beauvoir

de Beauvoir

/ (French də bovwar) /


noun
  1. Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le sang des autres (1944), Le deuxième sexe (1949), and Les mandarins (1954)

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