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• Recamier
  Recamier

  noun

  a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.
• Récamier
  Récamier

  noun

  Madame Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.

Recamier

¹ American  

[ray-kuh-myay] / ˌreɪ kəˈmjeɪ /

noun

1. a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.

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Récamier ² American  

[ray-ka-myay] / reɪ kaˈmjeɪ /

noun

1. Madame Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.

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Etymology

Origin of Recamier

1920–25; after Madame Récamier ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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One particularly potent scene focuses on the 19th Century portrait of the Parisian socialite Juliette Recamier.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2018

In Biafra he was influenced by the Christian humanism of another French doctor, Max Recamier, who argued that the importance of saving an individual life transcended politics.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the horror of events in Biafra unfolded, Kouchner became convinced that Recamier was right.

From Time Magazine Archive

Outraged, Kouchner and Recamier decided to organize their own pool of doctors who would put medical needs above bureaucratic procedures.

From Time Magazine Archive

From her earliest babyhood, Recamier had all but worshiped her.

From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune

Portraits were up when I visited — Alexander the Great marching into Babylon; a sly-looking Louis XIV; and Madame Récamier, an 18th century socialite, on her deathbed.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

On one wall hangs a painting, by a high-school friend, of a coffin that has been bent in half and placed atop a chaise longue, in the manner of Magritte’s “Perspective: Madame Récamier by David.”

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 30, 2015

The result was that Madame Récamier was forbidden to reside within one hundred and twenty miles of Paris.

From Hortense Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Madame de Staël was the intimate friend of his sister, the charming Lucille; and also she was, as almost every one knows, the friend, mentor, and protector of Madame Récamier.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various

The effect of the whole thing was queenly––à la Récamier.

From 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry by Irving Bacheller

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