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Le Sage

American  
[luh sazh] / lə ˈsaʒ /
Or Lesage

noun

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


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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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

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

At another time Laurence was cruising near Carthagena, in company with the French captains, Michel Jonqu�, Le Sage, and Breac.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

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

Le Sage involuntarily reveals his own limitation in the fact that he has converted into comedy the whole mingled drama of man’s earthly condition.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver