Duhamel

[ doo-uh-mel, dyoo-; French dy-a-mel ]

/ ˌdu əˈmɛl, ˌdyu-; French dü aˈmɛl /

noun

Georges

[zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/, Denis Thévenin, 1884–1966, French novelist, physician, poet, and essayist.

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Examples from the Web for duhamel

Duhamel describes two amber-colored cherries, one of which is listed by Leroy as Belle de Choisy.
The Cherries of New York|U. P. Hedrick
Good illustrations of the fruit may be seen in Duhamel, Traité des Arbres, edit.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle
A very remarkable experiment was made by Duhamel, on the thigh of a chicken.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
Nevertheless, in connection with the Chalicodoma of the Walls, he mentions an experiment made by his friend, Duhamel.
The Mason-bees|J. Henri Fabre

This was old Duhamel, the schoolmaster, an eccentric pedant and a fellow-worshipper of the immortal Jean Jacques.
The Trampling of the Lilies|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for duhamel

Duhamel

/ (French dyamɛl) /

noun

Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1884–1966, French novelist, poet, and dramatist; author of La Chronique des Pasquier (1933–45)

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