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recamier

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Re⋅ca⋅mier

[rey-kuh-myey]
–noun
a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.

Origin:
1920–25; after Madame Récamier

Ré⋅ca⋅mier

[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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Ré·ca·mi·er   (rā'kəm-yā', rā-käm-)   
French socialite whose Parisian salon attracted noted literary and political figures.
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