de Beauvoir

American  

[duh bohv-wahr, duh boh-vwar] / də boʊvˈwɑr, də boʊˈvwar /

noun

1. Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand, 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.

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de Beauvoir British  

/ də bovwar /

noun

1. Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le sang des autres (1944), Le deuxième sexe (1949), and Les mandarins (1954)

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Example Sentences

Even a half century ago, in her brilliant book, “The Coming of Age,” Simone de Beauvoir was commending a long life of perpetual action.

From The Wall Street Journal

In her prime, Bardot was considered a national treasure in France, received by President Charles de Gaulle at the Élysée Palace and analyzed exhaustively by existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.

From Los Angeles Times

The film scandalised the American public and was banned in some US states, while the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir hailed her as an icon of "absolute freedom".

From BBC

“She does what she pleases and that is what upsets,” wrote the feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir in an essay on Bardot.

From The Wall Street Journal

The existentialist Simone de Beauvoir hailed her as an icon of "absolute freedom" - raising Brigitte to the status of a philosophy.

From BBC