Molière
Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
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How to use Molière in a sentence
Molière, the playwright, is said to have been buried on site.
The key to their success is the language they speak, but not necessarily that of Camus or Molière.
Aristophanes has furnished jests for Rabelais, hints to Swift, and humor for Molière.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordLast of all came the conventional scene from Molière's "L'Avare."
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice DaviesVarious unfortunate undertakings, such as the publication of new editions of "La Fontaine" and "Molière," plunged him into debt.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin Emerson
Molière, the great French dramatist, presents a study which should fill more than one meeting.
The Complete Club Book for Women | Caroline French BentonWith us Parisians this returning of keepsakes has been out of fashion since the days of Molière and Le dépit amoureux.
Leonora | Maria Edgeworth
British Dictionary definitions for Molière
/ (French mɔljɛr) /
real name Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. 1622–73, French dramatist, regarded as the greatest French writer of comedy. His works include Tartuffe (1664), Le Misanthrope (1666), L'Avare (1668), Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670), and Le Malade imaginaire (1673)
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Cultural definitions for Molière
[ (mol-yair) ]
Nom de plume of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, a seventeenth-century French playwright. He is best known for his comedies of satire, such as The Misanthrope and Tartuffe.
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