Villon

[vee-yawn]

noun

Fran·çois [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/, 1431–63?, French poet.
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/, Gaston Duchamp, 1875–1963, French painter.

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Historical Examples of villon

Dunbar, strolling as a friar in France, may have known Villon, whom he often resembles.
Irish Books and Irish People
Stephen Gwynn
This was the greatest care that Villon, the Parisian poet, took.
Familiar Quotations
John Bartlett
I suppose they used to go off on the sly, and read Rabelais and Villon.
Suspended Judgments
John Cowper Powys
"You may dare to say that," agreed Villon, infinitely relieved.
Stories By English Authors: France
Various
"I don't think I should mind the white so much," said Villon.
Stories By English Authors: France
Various

British Dictionary definitions for villon

Villon

noun

François (frɑ̃swa). born 1431, French poet. His poems, such as those in Le Petit testament (?1456) and Le Grand testament (1461), are mostly ballades and rondeaux, verse forms that he revitalized. He was banished in 1463, after which nothing more was heard of him
Jacques (ʒak), real name Gaston Duchamp. 1875–1963, French cubist painter and engraver

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