Sismondi

[ sis-mon-dee; French sees-mawn-dee ]

/ sɪsˈmɒn di; French sis mɔ̃ˈdi /

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noun

Jean Charles Lé·o·nard Si·monde de

[zhahnsharl ley-aw-narsee-mawndduh], /ʒɑ̃ ʃarl leɪ ɔˈnar siˈmɔ̃d də/, 1773–1842, Swiss historian and economist.

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How to use Sismondi in a sentence

Sismondi estimates their number at three or four hundred thousand.
Continental Monthly, Vol. I. February, 1862, No. II.|Various
M. Sismondi has given other passages in the third volume of his History of Southern Literature.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
A work which will rank with those of Sismondi, Ticknor, and Taine.
Is Life Worth Living?|William Hurrell Mallock
According to Sismondi, the French historian, a soapmaker was included in the retinue of Charlemagne.
The Art of Perfumery|G. W. Septimus Piesse

The greatest generals of Italy and her best soldiers, says Sismondi, took part in the fierce fighting of that day.
The Story of Perugia|Margaret Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for Sismondi

Sismondi

/ (sɪsˈmɒndɪ, French sismɔ̃di) /

noun

Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de (ʒɑ̃ ʃarl leɔnar simɔ̃d də). 1773–1842, Swiss historian and economist. His Histoire des républiques italiennes du moyen âge (1807–18) contributed to the movement for Italian unification

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