Villon

American  

[vee-yawn] / viˈyɔ̃ /

noun

1. François 1431–63?, French poet.

2. Jacques Gaston Duchamp, 1875–1963, French painter.

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Villon British  

/ vijɔ̃ /

noun

1. François (frɑ̃swa). born 1431, French poet. His poems, such as those in Le Petit testament (?1456) and Le Grand testament (1461), are mostly ballades and rondeaux, verse forms that he revitalized. He was banished in 1463, after which nothing more was heard of him

2. Jacques (ʒak), real name Gaston Duchamp. 1875–1963, French cubist painter and engraver

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Example Sentences

“He’s breaking up the space very heavily,” Ms. Rosenberg said of Villon’s pictorial approach.

From New York Times

It might even prompt us to employ the celebrated words of French poet Francois Villon, “Where are the snows of yesteryear?”

From Washington Post

Forbidden to attend high school because he was Jewish, Dr. Braham studied by candlelight, reading Hungarian translations of French writers François Villon and Michel de Montaigne.

From Washington Post

There was a week of reading Francois Villon and not liking him at all.

From Literature

"There are other areas we need to just start looking at as far as why that happened, why it was not reported," Villon said.

From Los Angeles Times