Saint-Exupéry

[ san-teg-zy-pey-ree ]

/ sɛ̃ tɛg zü peɪˈri /

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noun

An·toine de

[ahn-twan duh], /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/, 1900–45, French author and aviator.

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British Dictionary definitions for Saint-Exupéry

Saint-Exupéry

/ (French sɛ̃tɛɡzyperi) /

noun

Antoine de (ɑ̃twan də). 1900–44, French novelist and aviator. His novels of aviation include Vol de nuit (1931) and Terre des hommes (1939). He also wrote the fairy tale Le petit prince (1943)

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