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lesseps, vicomte ferdinand marie de
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Les·seps
(lěs'əps, lě-sěps')
French diplomat and engineer who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1859-1869). He directed the company that began the Panama Canal (1878) but abandoned the project because of bankruptcy (1888).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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(lěs'əps, lě-sěps') 