Moreau

[ maw-roh or, French, maw-roh for 1-3; mawr-oh for 4 ]

/ mɔˈroʊ or, French, mɔˈroʊ for 1-3; ˈmɔr oʊ for 4 /

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Gustave

[gys-tav], /güsˈtav/, 1826–98, French painter.

Jeanne

[zhahn], /ʒɑn/, 1928–2017, French film actress.

Jean Vic·tor

[zhahn veek-tawr], /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/, 1763–1813, French general.

a river in northwest South Dakota, flowing east to the Missouri River. 290 miles (470 km) long.

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Mordvin, Mordvinian Republic, more, Morea, more and more, Moreau, more bang for the buck, Morecambe, more dead than alive, more dict., moreen

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But I bet even Dr. Moreau is on his island somewhere thinking, those Danes are nuts.
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Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai report on the alleged corruption.
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Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau report on the grave danger they face.
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In 1838 he married the daughter of Moreau (de l'Oise), who brought him a very large dowry.
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At that time she was mistress of Moreau, steward of M. de Serizy.
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Moreau was in love with her and would have made her his wife, but just then was under sentence of death and a fugitive.
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They had expected a repetition of Moreau's advance by Munich; instead, they were called on to defend their capital a second time.
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Never had my faithful Moreau-Repton responded to my impatience with such ardor and regularity.
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British Dictionary definitions for Moreau

Moreau

/ (French mɔro) /

noun

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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