Sardou

[ sahr-doo ]

/ sɑrˈdu /

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noun

Vic·to·rien

[veek-taw-ryan], /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/, 1831–1908, French dramatist.

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How to use Sardou in a sentence

The idea hit upon was to turn this jingoism to account in the adaptation, by making Disraeli collaborate with Sardou.
The English Stage|Augustin Filon
Bancroft had bought the English right from M. Michaelis, who had himself bought them from M. Sardou.
The English Stage|Augustin Filon
We were speaking, a few pages back, of the séance drawings and descriptions of Jupiter made by Victorien Sardou.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion
We keep holding carefully the medium's hands, M. Sardou her left hand and I her right.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion

At the time of his death, Sardou had many hundreds of these dossiers, old and new.
Dramatic Technique|George Pierce Baker

British Dictionary definitions for Sardou

Sardou

/ (French sardu) /

noun

Victorien (viktɔrjɛ̃). 1831–1908, French dramatist. His plays include Fédora (1882) and La Tosca (1887), the source of Puccini's opera

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