Moreau
[maw-roh or, French, maw-roh for 1–3; mawr-oh for 4]
- Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/, 1826–98, French painter.
- Jeanne [zhahn] /ʒɑn/, born 1928, French film actress.
- Jean Vic·tor [zhahn veek-tawr] /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/, 1763–1813, French general.
- a river in NW South Dakota, flowing E to the Missouri River. 290 miles (470 km) long.
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Contemporary Examples of moreau
But I bet even Dr. Moreau is on his island somewhere thinking, those Danes are nuts.
Moreau, however, actually pined over a Greek gigolo that was brought along on a trip with her and Richardson.
Historical Examples of moreau
The retreat of Moreau was the consequence of the victories of this Prince.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, CompleteLewis Goldsmith
He praised the vigour and the greatness of the speech they had heard from their colleague Moreau.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
That doubt concerned this man Moreau and his relations with M. de Kercadiou.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
He had often of late thought that this fellow Moreau was hardly human.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
I have at last found out where Moreau spends all his evenings.
Maurice Tiernay Soldier of FortuneCharles James Lever
Moreau
- Gustave (ɡystav) 1826–98, French symbolist painter
- Jean Victor (ʒɑ̃ viktɔr). 1763–1813, French general in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- Jeanne (ʒan). born 1928, French stage and film actress. Her films include Jules et Jim (1961), Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), and The Proprietor (1996)
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