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Recamier
1[ rey-kuh-myey ]
noun
- a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.
Récamier
2[ rey-ka-myey ]
noun
- Madame Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Recamier1
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Example Sentences
Such was Madame Récamier at eighteen, so remarkable for beauty that she called forth murmurs of admiration wherever she appeared.
It was in the midst of these social successes that the husband of Madame Récamier lost his fortune.
Madame Récamier's place in society has never since been filled with equal grace and fascination.
In 1819 occurred the second failure of M. Récamier, which necessarily led again to a new and more humble style of life.
It was a very brilliant entertainment, one of the last in which Madame Récamier presided as a queen of society.
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