Meilhac

[ me-yak ]

/ mɛˈyak /

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noun

Hen·ri

[ahn-ree], /ɑ̃ˈri/, 1831–97, French dramatist: collaborator with Ludovic Halévy.

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How to use Meilhac in a sentence

Some say it was a fortunate event for Meilhac; others assert that Halevy reaped a great profit by the union.
L'Abbe Constantin, Complete|Ludovic Halevy
It is perhaps not too much to say that Meilhac and Halvy are seen at their best in these one-act plays.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880.|Various
Born in 1832, M. Henri Meilhac, like M. mile Zola, dealt in books before he began to make them.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880.|Various
M. Meilhac has the more masculine style, and so the literary progeny of the couple bear rather his name than his associate's.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880.|Various

It is not that M. Halvy is some two years the junior of M. Meilhac: it lies in the quality of their respective abilities.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Meilhac

Meilhac

/ (French mɛjak) /

noun

Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1831–97, French dramatist, who collaborated with Halévy on opera libretti, esp Offenbach's La Belle Hélène (1865) and La Vie parisienne (1867)

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