Carpentier

[ kahr-puhn-tyair; Spanish kahr-pen-tyer ]

noun

1. A·le·jo [uh, -, ley, -hoh, ah-, le, -haw], 1904–80, Cuban novelist, writer, and musicologist.

Carpentier

/ karpɑ̃tje /

noun

1. CarpentierGeorges18941975MFrenchSPORT AND GAMES: boxer Georges (ʒɔrʒ), known as Gorgeous Georges. 1894–1975, French boxer: world light-heavyweight champion (1920–22)

Example Sentences

M. Carpentier begins, of course, by having his mica scrupulously clean and well selected.

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Carpentier has this gift to perfection, better than any other fighter I have seen.

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M. Carpentier has furnished us with representations of both these castles, drawn and etched by himself, in the Itinerary of Rouen.

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Carpentier was first out of his corner and landed the first blow, a light but stinging left to the face.

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We have all heard, of course, of sport for sport's sake but Georges Carpentier established a still more glamorous ideal.

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