Diderot
[ dee-duh-roh; French deeduh-roh ]
/ ˈdi dəˌroʊ; French didəˈroʊ /
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noun
De·nis [duh-nee], /dəˈni/, 1713–84, French philosopher, critic, and encyclopedist.
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Diderot
/ (ˈdiːdərəʊ, French didro) /
noun
Denis (dəni). 1713–84, French philosopher, noted particularly for his direction (1745–72) of the great French Encyclopédie
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