Béranger

American  

[bey-rahn-zhey] / beɪ rɑ̃ˈʒeɪ /

noun

1. Pierre Jean de 1780–1857, French poet.

---

Béranger British  

/ berɑ̃ʒe /

noun

1. Pierre Jean de (pjɛr ʒɑ̃ də). 1780–1857, French lyric and satirical poet

---

Example Sentences

De Béranger has wrought brilliant things—pungent and spirit-stirring—but, like all impassive bodies, they lack momentum, and thus fail to satisfy the poetic sentiment.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Béranger thinks it remarkable that the improvisations folles et charmantes of Regnard should now be neglected in France.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

Béranger composait toutes ses chansons dans sa tête.

From Methods of Authors by Erichsen, Hugo

Béranger had to give up his position as secretary at the University of France, and was soon afterward arrested among his boon companions at Madame Saguet's near Le Moulin Vert.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

Béranger in one of his songs says— "Barbarians! we are Frenchmen born; Pity us, glorious, yet forlorn."

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor