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Hébert

American  
[ey-ber] / eɪˈbɛr /

noun

  1. Jacques René Père Duchesne, 1755–94, French journalist and revolutionary leader.


Hébert British  
/ ebɛr /

noun

  1. Jacques René (ʒak rəne). 1755–94, French journalist and revolutionary: a leader of the sans-culottes during the French Revolution. He was guillotined under Robespierre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Kimberly Hébert Gregory, who was best known as the brash principal in HBO’s “Vice Principals,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025

Hébert, now 71, went on to become a builder in the 1980s and ’90s, right as the housing boom began to fail Alaskans en masse.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2021

Its acceptability let him hang into Friday alongside the fellow shooters of 66: 31-year-old South African Dylan Frittelli, 34-year-old Frenchman Benjamin Hébert, 35-year-old major winner Webb Simpson and 30-year-old Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, whose impressive U.S.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021

Like Bill Evans, his clearest progenitor, Hersch thrives in a trio format, and for the past decade he has led an expert combo featuring the bassist John Hébert and the drummer Eric McPherson.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2019

Notwithstanding these restrictions, Hébert managed in the course of time to establish himself in comfort, and to become a substantial bourgeois of the new colony.

From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by LeSueur, William Dawson

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