Michelet

American  

[meesh^uh-ley] / miʃəˈleɪ /

noun

1. Jules 1798–1874, French historian.

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Michelet British  

/ miʃəle /

noun

1. Jules (ʒyl). 1798–1874, French historian, noted esp for his Histoire de France (17 vols, 1833–67)

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Example Sentences

“Beware, La Gioconda is a dangerous picture,” writes the French historian Jules Michelet.

From Literature

Hours before kick-off in Marseille they came piling out of Metro Rond Du Prado and headed slowly down the Boulevard Michelet to meet their own folk, a giant mass of Puma supporters bedecked in blue and white.

From BBC

The influential historian Jules Michelet, a Huguenot, famously termed Catherine "the maggot from Italy's tomb."

From Salon

Throughout 132 years of French colonisation the streets were respectively known as rue d'Isly, Boulevard Michelet and rue Sadi Carnot.

From BBC

Therefore the three central streets of Algiers took on the names of revolutionaries: Didouche Mourad replaced Michelet, rue D'Isly became Larbi Ben M'Hidi and Sadi Carnot conceded its place to the young heroine Hassiba Ben Bouali.

From BBC