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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noun

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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Words nearby Moreau

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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How to use Moreau in a sentence

To find out, Moreau and colleagues turned to a 93-year-old Xerces specimen housed at Chicago’s Field Museum, extracting DNA from a tiny bit of the insect’s tissue.
This butterfly is the first U.S. insect known to go extinct because of people|Jake Buehler|July 20, 2021|Science News
Moreau has studied dinosaur footprints and plants in southern France’s Causses Basin for more than a decade.
The challenge of dinosaur hunting in deep caves|John Pickrell|May 19, 2020|Science News For Students
Moreau’s group shared what they found online March 25 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
The challenge of dinosaur hunting in deep caves|John Pickrell|May 19, 2020|Science News For Students
Moreau reports that he is now leading researchers in exploring “another deep and long cave, which has yielded hundreds of dinosaur footprints.”
The challenge of dinosaur hunting in deep caves|John Pickrell|May 19, 2020|Science News For Students

Moreau’s team described the prints in early 2018 in the International Journal of Speleology.
The challenge of dinosaur hunting in deep caves|John Pickrell|May 19, 2020|Science News For Students
Flavien Moreau is a 28-year-old man originally from South Korea who was adopted by a French family when he was two.
Showing the Faces of Its Murderers, ISIS Shows Its Global Reach|Tracy McNicoll|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But I bet even Dr. Moreau is on his island somewhere thinking, those Danes are nuts.
At the Copenhagen Zoo, Humans Can Be Animals|Kevin Bleyer|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai report on the alleged corruption.
Afghanistan’s Million Dollar Minister|Ron Moreau, Sami Yousafzai|September 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau on how flying footwear protects women and settles scores.
Why People Throw Shoes in Afghanistan|Ron Moreau & Sami Yousafzai|August 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau report on the grave danger they face.
The World’s Bravest Singers|Ron Moreau & Sami Yousafzai|July 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In 1838 he married the daughter of Moreau (de l'Oise), who brought him a very large dowry.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
At that time she was mistress of Moreau, steward of M. de Serizy.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
Moreau was in love with her and would have made her his wife, but just then was under sentence of death and a fugitive.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
They had expected a repetition of Moreau's advance by Munich; instead, they were called on to defend their capital a second time.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
Never had my faithful Moreau-Repton responded to my impatience with such ardor and regularity.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar|Maurice Leblanc

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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