Racine

American  

[ruh-seen, ra-, ra-seen, ruh-seen, rey-] / rəˈsin, ræ-, raˈsin, rəˈsin, reɪ- /

noun

1. Jean Baptiste 1639–99, French dramatist.

2. a city in SE Wisconsin.

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Racine British  

/ rasin /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Racine said that the AAP will continue to publish its own childhood vaccine recommendations.

From Salon

But that comparison was criticised by Dr. Andrew D. Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

From BBC

After the night of the curse breaking, the portraits of Admiral Percival Racine Ashton and the Honorable Pax Ashton that hung in Lord Fredrick’s study were never the same.

From Literature

Pudge had been a cabin boy in his youth and, coincidentally, had served on a ship captained by the famed Admiral Percival Racine Ashton himself.

From Literature

The Mexican food scene outside Milwaukee and maybe Racine is still mostly combo plates washed down with massive margaritas, or cartoonishly big burritos in the Chipotle model.

From Los Angeles Times