Ronsard

American  

[rawn-sar] / rɔ̃ˈsar /

noun

1. Pierre de 1524–85, French poet.

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Ronsard British  

/ rɔ̃sar /

noun

1. Pierre de (pjɛr də). 1524–85, French poet, foremost of the Pléiade

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Example Sentences

Settings of Ronsard by de Monte and Bertrand exuded subtle sophistication, and I know of no other ensemble I would rather hear sing Palestrina.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2017

The shelves are finished with crown moldings, atop which perch small white busts, all of which were specially chosen: George Washington, Lafayette, Pierre de Ronsard, Benjamin Franklin, Diderot, Voltaire, Leibniz, Tocqueville, Descartes, Molière, and Balzac.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2014

The novel's theme is the one Yeats borrowed from Ronsard: "When you are old and grey and full of sleep" – the old woman treasuring the memories of the young poet who loved her in her beauty.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2010

But the head of the French department did not bethink himself in time to procure a bust of Ronsard to be duly "crowned," during the ceremony.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jean Daurat became the director of the Coll�ge de Coqueret, where he had among his pupils, besides Ba�f, Ronsard, Remy, Belleau and Pontus de Tyard.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various