Rouget de Lisle

or Rou·get de I'Isle

[ roo-zhe duh leel ]

noun

1. Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-, zef], 1760–1836, French army officer and composer of songs: wrote and composed Marseillaise.

Rouget de Lisle

/ ruʒɛ də lil /

noun

1. Rouget de LisleClaude Joseph17601836MFrenchMILITARY: army officerMUSIC: composer of the Marseillaise Claude Joseph (klod ʒozɛf). 1760–1836, French army officer: composer of the Marseillaise (1792), the French national anthem

Example Sentences

There was then a young officer of artillery in garrison at Strasbourg, named Rouget de Lisle.

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This celebrated song was written by Rouget de Lisle, who also composed the air.

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A spark of life is communicated to him by caricaturing Rouget de Lisle.

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Every evening he asked a number of the officers to sup with him, and one evening Rouget de Lisle was invited.

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