Moreau

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

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

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

  1. Jean Vic·tor [zhahnveek-tawr], /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/, 1763–1813, French general.

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

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Moreau

/ (French mɔro) /


noun
  1. Gustave (ɡystav) 1826–98, French symbolist painter

  2. Jean Victor (ʒɑ̃ viktɔr). 1763–1813, French general in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

  1. 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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