Perrault

[puh-roh, pe-; French pe-roh]

noun

Charles [chahrlz; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz; French ʃarl/, 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
his brotherClaude [klawd; French klohd] /klɔd; French kloʊd/, 1613–88, French architect, scientist, and physician.

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Historical Examples of perrault

I am sure that they would have given pleasure to Perrault himself.
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault
No copy of the first edition of his Perrault is known to exist.
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault
So Perrault, then just fifty-five, slid quietly from his service in the year 1683.
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault
They were declared to be by P. Darmancour, Perrault's young son.
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault
Perrault's base had been concealed by rubbish and apparently forgotten.
The Story of Paris
Thomas Okey

British Dictionary definitions for perrault

Perrault

noun

Charles (ʃarl). 1628–1703, French author, noted for his Contes de ma mère l'oye (1697), which contains the fairy tales Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty

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