Scarron

American  

[ska-rawn] / skaˈrɔ̃ /

noun

1. Paul 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.

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Scarron British  

/ skɑrɔ̃ /

noun

1. Paul (pɔl). 1610–60, French comic dramatist and novelist, noted particularly for his picaresque novel Le Roman comique (1651–57)

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Scarron

He was known to spend time with writers such as Paul Scarron and Tristan l'Hermite.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022

Others, like Æsop, Brunelleschi, Leopardi, Magliabecchi, Parini, Scarron, Talleyrand, Pope, Goldsmith, Byron, Sir Walter Scott, to mention only a few of the most eminent, were either hunchbacked, lame, rachitic or clubfooted.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by John Augustine Zahm

He had but one serious interval to give to death—that in which Madame Scarron caused him to fulfil his religious duties.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

A large house was purchased in the country, not far from Vaugirard, and Madame Scarron, now enjoying a certain degree of opulence, established herself there, and gave all her time to the task of education.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

Scarron says the only thing that some of the original Immortals were fit for was to snuff candles or to sweep the floor.

From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse