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Le Nôtre

British  
/ lə notrə /

noun

  1. André (ɑ̃dre). 1613–1700, French landscape gardener, who created the gardens at Versailles for Louis XIV

"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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But he didn’t have to: The magnificent garden created for him by Le Nôtre proclaimed it more eloquently than he could ever have.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2020

For more than 40 years, beginning in 1661, Le Nôtre labored to create at Versailles the grandest and most imposing royal garden the world had ever seen.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2020

Created in 1564 – and later redesigned by André Le Nôtre for Louis XIV – the Tuileries is an iconic example of the “French” garden, that merges nature and culture.

From Washington Times Feb. 26, 2020

It wasn’t all that much of a stretch to imagine Le Nôtre himself donning them at the end of a hard day.

From The New Yorker May 30, 2015

The old man was Le Nôtre; and the Carmelite nun, buried that morning, was Sister Louise de la Miséricorde, formerly Duchesse de la Vallière.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

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