Prévost d'Exiles

American

[prey-voh deg-zeel] / preɪˈvoʊ dɛgˈzil /

noun

Antoine François Abbé Prévost, 1697–1763, French novelist.

Prévost d'Exiles British

/ prevo dɛɡzil /

noun

Antoine François (ɑ̃twan frɑ̃swa), known as Abbé Prévost. 1697–1763, French novelist, noted for his romance Manon Lescaut (1731), which served as the basis for operas by Puccini and Massenet

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