Diderot

[dee-duh-roh; French deeduh-roh]

noun

De·nis [duh-nee] /dəˈni/, 1713–84, French philosopher, critic, and encyclopedist.

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Historical Examples of diderot

Since Diderot, it is said that France has produced no talker to be compared with him.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851
Various
The doctrines of Diderot and Jean Jacques form but sorry homilies.
Gerald Fitzgerald
Charles James Lever
There have been many attempts to imitate this manner since Diderot.
Diderot and the Encyclopdists
John Morley
And on this Diderot sails off into a digression on the grounds of praise and blame.
Diderot and the Encyclopdists
John Morley
Diderot did not fail to notice more serious things than this.
Diderot and the Encyclopdists
John Morley

British Dictionary definitions for diderot

Diderot

noun

Denis (dəni). 1713–84, French philosopher, noted particularly for his direction (1745–72) of the great French Encyclopédie

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