Lesseps

[les-uhps, le-seps]

noun

1. Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de 1805–94, French engineer and diplomat: promoter of the Suez Canal.

Lesseps

/ ˈlɛsəps, lɛsɛps /

noun

1. See de Lesseps

Example Sentences

De Lesseps had fallen head over heels in love with Tom D’Agostino Jr., a businessman and fixture in New York’s social scene, whom she had been dating for just four weeks.

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"Sonja and I always have a great time!" de Lesseps tells Billboard.

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They’re also cut from a slightly different cloth than longtime New York housewives like Singer, Sonja Morgan or Luann de Lesseps — more influencers and aspiring girl bosses than striving socialites or eccentric divorcees.

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In a modern day version of “The Simple Life,” Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan head to Benton, Ill., after its City Council invites them to help revitalize the town of 7,000.

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De Lesseps and Morgan revitalize a local theater with a variety show and build a new program.

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