Boucicault

American  

[boo-see-kawlt, -koh] / ˈbu siˌkɔlt, -ˌkoʊ /

noun

1. Dion 1822–90, Irish playwright and actor, in the U.S. after 1853.

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Boucicault British  

/ ˈbuːsɪˌkəʊ /

noun

1. Dion (ˈdaɪɒn). real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)

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Example Sentences

“This country just never finds a break!” bemoaned Haitian entrepreneur Marc Alain Boucicault on Twitter.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2021

“This country just never finds a break! Each year of mismanagement did not hurt but the cumulative effects made us vulnerable to everything,” Haitian entrepreneur Marc Alain Boucicault wrote on Twitter.

From Slate • Aug. 14, 2021

If a mature Boucicault came to New York today, what would he make of our manners now?

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2019

The case was not in online court records and it was unclear if Boucicault had an attorney.

From Washington Times • Sep. 9, 2019

Then Dion Boucicault cribbed the title, attached it to a play he had "borrowed" from some French dramatist, and presented the whole as his own.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary