La Fontaine
Americannoun
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Henri 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
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Jean de 1621–95, French poet and fabulist.
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Example Sentences
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She was holding a cardboard sign on which she had written a fable inspired by the 17th-century poet La Fontaine, denouncing inflation.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2022
In a jaw-dropping video, he reeled off the names of those illustrious figures from the past who had brought glory to the nation: Hugo, Racine, La Fontaine, Voltaire, Chateaubriand, Descartes, Pascal, and, yes, Molière.
From Slate • Jan. 18, 2022
Two friends were driving along the quiet country roads of La Fontaine, Indiana, after a fishing trip one evening in 1975.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2021
The almost 300 alumni and guests gathered at La Fontaine Bleue in Lanham to celebrate their alma mater, one of five D.C. high schools open to black students before the U.S.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2019
All the elaborations and refinements of later authors, from Phaedrus to La Fontaine, are perversions of this original.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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