Musset

American  

[my-sey] / müˈseɪ /

noun

1. (Louis Charles) Alfred de 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.

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Musset British  

/ mysɛ /

noun

1. Alfred de (alfrɛd də). 1810–57, French romantic poet and dramatist: his works include the play Lorenzaccio (1834) and the lyrics Les Nuits (1835–37), tracing his love affair with George Sand

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Example Sentences

She has woven her own hair into a dried rose; the catalogue states that inspiration came from Sand’s rupture with Alfred de Musset, one of her infamous lovers, when they exchanged twists of curls.

From Economist • Jul. 26, 2018

Alfred de Musset, in a sonnet dedicated to Victor Hugo, wrote that in this “low world” you should love many things, in order to know at the end the thing you love best.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2015

Or “Georgia Sand,” a typical exercise in rhymed name-dropping — about the romance between George Sand and Alfred de Musset, no less — that almost feels like a Porter parody?

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2012

Based on an autobiographical novel by Alfred de Musset about his affair with writer George Sand, Doherty's casting in the lead role makes plenty of sense.

From Reuters • May 22, 2012

It was especially in the plays of Alfred de Musset that his gifts found their happiest expression.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various