Racine

[ ruh-seen, ra- or, French, ra-seen for 1; ruh-seen, rey- for 2 ]

/ rəˈsin, ræ- or, French, raˈsin for 1; rəˈsin, reɪ- for 2 /

noun

Jean Bap·tiste

[zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/,1639–99, French dramatist.

a city in SE Wisconsin.

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In November 2012, police officers in Racine County, Wisconsin, pulled Matson over for running a flashing red light.
The U.S. Veteran and Wisconsin Boy Who Went to Fight ISIS in Syria|Jacob Siegel|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I understand your mayor recently suffered the misfortune of being blown up,” Racine says.
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We were the only Sikhs in our entire school, and there was only one other Sikh family in Racine, the town where we lived.
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Are there any other passions than those which have been delineated by Racine, and sketched by Quinault?
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

Did any novelist of the seventeenth century lay bare the palpitations of the female heart more delicately than Racine?
Inquiries and Opinions|Brander Matthews
Racine was plunged into the deepest distress, and grew daily weak and ill.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil|David W. Bartlett
The distinction cannot be better comprehended than by a reference to the similar passages of Racine and Campistron, his imitator.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Corneille, Racine, and their contemporaries provided the stage with a repertory that could never bring a blush to the cheek.
The History of Prostitution|William W. Sanger

British Dictionary definitions for racine

Racine

/ (French rasin) /

noun

Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist). 1639–99, French tragic poet and dramatist. His plays include Andromaque (1667), Bérénice (1670), and Phèdre (1677)

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