Montaigne

American  

[mon-teyn, mawn-ten-y^uh] / mɒnˈteɪn, mɔ̃ˈtɛn jə /

noun

1. Michel Eyquem Seigneur de, 1533–92, French essayist.

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Montaigne British  

/ mɔ̃tɛɲ /

noun

1. Michel Eyquem de (miʃɛl ikɛm də). 1533–92, French writer. His life's work, the Essays (begun in 1571), established the essay as a literary genre and record the evolution of his moral ideas

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Montaigne

War and chaos in the Persian Gulf has made Latin American as a whole more attractive for hydrocarbon investment, says Alexandre Marc, a senior fellow covering the region at France’s Institut Montaigne.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Montaigne “has seen too much of gentlemen in the long robe, until he wishes for cannibals,” he suggests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

Christian Dior Parfums’ newest boutique is open at South Coast Plaza, inspired by Dior’s birthplace at the legendary 30 Ave. Montaigne in Paris.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025

France is "fiercely proud" that its intelligence and security services are not intertwined with the US, unlike the UK, says Georgina Wright, deputy director for international studies at the Institut Montaigne.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025

Still, those writers would likely have been thinking of Indians without him—the essayist Montaigne had noted the same antiauthoritarian attitudes a century earlier.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann