Le Sage

American  

[luh sazh] / lə ˈsaʒ /

Or Lesage

noun

1. Alain René 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist.

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Le Sage British  

/ lə saʒ /

noun

1. Alain-René (alɛ̃rəne). 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist, author of the picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715–35)

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Example Sentences

Le Sage, the founder of Envisage Equity, a private equity firm in Southern California, said he did not give any specific instructions to the group on how to spend his donation.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2015

California donor Jeff Le Sage pledged money to the group on Friday, but declined to say how much he was giving.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2015

In 1774 Le Sage made an electro-signalling instrument with twenty-four123 wires, one for each letter of the alphabet.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

The moral temper which Le Sage exhibits and which he engenders is not the “enthusiasm of humanity.”

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

The fact of its Spanish character gave color to the charge, deemed now to have been exploded, that “Gil Blas” was plagiarized by Le Sage from a Spanish original.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver