Molière

[ mohl-yair; French maw-lyer ]

noun
  1. Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622–73, French actor and playwright.

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How to use Molière in a sentence

  • Moliere makes the father of a dumb girl ask why his daughter is dumb.

    The Art of Logical Thinking | William Walker Atkinson
  • La Fontaine, the fabulist, was buried by the side of Moliere, who died long before him.

    Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett
  • He became acquainted with Moliere, Boileau, and Racine, and was warmly attached to them until death invaded the circle.

    Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett
  • A statue of Moliere is placed in the niche in a sitting posture, and in a meditative mood.

    Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett
  • Moliere is one of the names of which France is justly proud, and in Paris his memory is half-worshiped.

    Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for Molière

Molière

/ (French mɔljɛr) /


noun
  1. 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

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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