Saint-Simon

[ san-see-mawn ]

noun

1. Comte de, 1760–1825, French philosopher and social scientist.
2. Louis de Rou·vroy [lwee d, uh, , r, oo-, vrwa], 1675–1755, French soldier, diplomat, and author.

Saint-Simon

/ sɛ̃simɔ̃ /

noun

1. Saint-Simon, Comte de17601825MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Comte de (kɔ̃t də), title of Claude Henri de Rouvroy. 1760–1825, French social philosopher, generally regarded as the founder of French socialism. He thought society should be reorganized along industrial lines and that scientists should be the new spiritual leaders. His most important work is Nouveau Christianisme (1825)
2. Saint-Simon, Duc de16751755MFrenchMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: statesmanWRITING: writer Duc de (dyk də), title of Louis de Rouvroy. 1675–1755, French soldier, statesman, and writer: his Mémoires are an outstanding account of the period 1694–1723, during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV

Example Sentences

While the twins played cards at one end of the table, and Henry worked at the other, Francis sat curled in the window seat with a plate of little sandwiches in his lap, reading, in French, the Mémoires of the Duc de Saint-Simon, which for some reason he was determined to get through.

From Literature

But on the corner of the boulevard and Rue de Saint-Simon, a few steps away from the Musée D’Orsay, concrete sidewalks give way to Sahara sands.

From Washington Post

Surrounded by courtiers like the gossipy Lord Saint-Simon, he composed decrees and consulted with high officials.

From Salon

“He was born bored,” the great diarist Saint-Simon, a friend of the Duke’s since childhood, observed.

From The New Yorker

Orange County jurors found Saint-Simon guilty in April of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

From Seattle Times