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Lesseps

[les-uhps; Fr. le-seps]

noun

Fer·di·nand Ma·rie, Vi·comte de

[fer-dee-nahn ma-ree, vee-kawnt duh] , 1805–94, French engineer and diplomat: promoter of the Suez Canal.

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Lesseps (ˈlɛsəps, French lɛsɛps)

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