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 /
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Jean Bap·tiste [zhahnba-teest], /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/, 1639–99, French dramatist.
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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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