Maistre

British  

/ mɛstrə /

noun

1. Josephe de (ʒozɛf də). 1753–1821, French writer and diplomat, noted for his extreme reactionary views, expounded in such works as Les Soirées de St Petersbourg (1821)

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Example Sentences

For de Maistre and his ilk were always disingenuous in arguing as if their main concern was order and only secondarily who gets to impose it.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2023

Critics of liberalism, such as the French authoritarian Joseph de Maistre, drew the necessary conclusion that social peace depends on our ability to cooperate with strangers.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2023

Tenor Rolando Villazon and harpist Xavier de Maistre are to play from their recording “Serenata Latina” at Tully Hall on Dec. 18.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023

There is also a selection of shining motets, two attributed to Leonora d’Este, Lucrezia Borgia’s daughter, who may have also been the recipient of Maistre Jhan’s gorgeous “Ecce amica mea.”

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2022

Xavier de Maistre forms a single cheap volume.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George