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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)

"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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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

We sincerely hope that none of our hot-water-drinking readers will let Le Sage laugh them out of countenance in holding to their habit—if it really does them good!

From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson

Le Sage, name ‘Sangrado’ borrowed from, 309 n.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin

But it should at once, and strongly, be said that Le Sage is no cynic.

From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson

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