Beaumarchais

[ boh-mar-she ]

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noun

Pierre Au·gus·tin Ca·ron de [pye, r, oh-g, y, -, stan, k, a, -, rawn, d, uh], 1732–99, French dramatist.

Beaumarchais

/ bomarʃɛ /

BeaumarchaisPierre Augustin Caron de17321799MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatist Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)

Pierre-Augustin Caron he was christened, and it was in his soaring years that he added "de Beaumarchais."

But Beaumarchais was not the only author who owed his notoriety to his legal proceedings.

The latter favored (in appearance at least) M. Beaumarchais' claim.

It was the ruin of Beaumarchais that he deceived Deane about that million.

Rossini is Beaumarchais in music; Beaumarchais is not Mozart in literature.

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