Bashkirtseff

Bashkirtsev

/ (bəʃˈkjirtsəf) /

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noun

Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva . 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)

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Words nearby Bashkirtseff

bashi-bazouk, bashing, Bashkir, Bashkir Autonomous Republic, Bashkir Republic, Bashkirtseff, bashment, Basho, bash up, basiate, basic

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How to use Bashkirtseff in a sentence

Marie Bashkirtseff was a child of precocious intelligence, ardent will, extreme intensity of life.
Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood)|Marie Bashkirtseff
But in her great passion—her ambition, Marie Bashkirtseff was beautifully consistent.
The Story of Mary MacLane|Mary MacLane
It reconciles to the barbarous, even where Tolstoi and Marie Bashkirtseff may have failed.
The Feasts of Autolycus|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
At one time Mlle. Bashkirtseff had suffered with her eyes, and, getting better of that, she had an attack of deafness.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement

It is probable that the "Meeting" received no medal because it was suspected that Mlle. Bashkirtseff had been aided in her work.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement