Morisot

[ maw-ree-zoh ]
/ mɔ riˈzoʊ /

noun

Berthe [bert] /bɛrt/,1841–95, French Impressionist painter.

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Example sentences from the Web for morisot

  • Guppy and Pinkerton were dead, and Williams, Morisot, and myself were down with typhus.

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  • So we said good-bye to Stiven and Morisot, and devoted ourselves anew to the hospital work.

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  • Morisot and Williams got over the worst of the illness sooner than I did; but for some time we all required watching.

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British Dictionary definitions for morisot

Morisot
/ (French morizo) /

noun

Berthe (bɛrtə). 1841–95, French impressionist painter; noted for her studies of women and children
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