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• Châteaubriand
  Châteaubriand

  noun

  François René Vicomte de, 1768–1848, French author and statesman.
• Chateaubriand
  Chateaubriand

  noun

  François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)

Châteaubriand

American  

[shah-toh-bree-ahn, sha-toh-bree-ahn] / ʃɑ toʊ briˈɑ̃, ʃæˌtoʊ briˈɑ̃ /

noun

1. François René Vicomte de, 1768–1848, French author and statesman.

2. (lowercase) a thick slice of tenderloin, broiled and served with potatoes and a sauce, often a béarnaise sauce.

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Chateaubriand British  

/ ʃɑtobrijɑ̃ /

noun

1. François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)

2. a thick steak cut from the fillet of beef

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Etymology

Origin of Châteaubriand

First recorded in 1875–80 Châteaubriand for def. 2

Example Sentences

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Châteaubriand Chateaubriand

But her relations to Châteaubriand were fast becoming intolerable, and she resolved to break her chains and leave Paris.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various

Châteaubriand sauce is by no means acid; there must be only a just perceptible dash of acidity, and only so much lemon juice used as will give it zest.

From Choice Cookery by Catherine Owen

Writers and artists, beautiful women, diplomatists, journalists, pedants, men of science, women of fashion, Châteaubriand and Mme. de Staël, Lamartine and Paul Louis Courier, Mme.

From The Countess of Albany by Vernon Lee

Henry James tells a story of an argument between Zola, Flaubert, and Turgenev, the Russian novelist declaring that for him Châteaubriand was not the Ultima Thule of prose perfection.

From Unicorns by James Huneker

But while accepting all the diversions offered her by the pleasant society at, Rome, Madame Récamier was not unmindful of Châteaubriand.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various

"Said to be created by Montmireil, personal chef to Viscomte Chateaubriand, the Great Writer and Statesman of the Napoleonic Era," the menu boasted.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2022

And they were devoted to the restaurant scene, frequenting the lavish Forum of the Twelve Caesars, a French seafood bistro called L’Armorique and the more elaborate Chateaubriand, now just memories.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2022

In a jaw-dropping video, he reeled off the names of those illustrious figures from the past who had brought glory to the nation: Hugo, Racine, La Fontaine, Voltaire, Chateaubriand, Descartes, Pascal, and, yes, Molière.

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2022

Trois Mec is the closest thing in the United States to the ecstatic improvisational cooking at Parisian bistronomy shrines such as Frenchie and Le Chateaubriand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2017

They come into Saint- Malo around midnight, and the cabdriver leaves them at a hotel on the Place Chateaubriand.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr