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vicomte ferdinand marie de lesseps

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de Les⋅seps

[duh-les-eps; Fr. duh le-seps]
–noun
Vicomte Fer⋅di⋅nand Ma⋅rie [fur-dn-and muh-ree; Fr. fer-dee-nahn ma-ree] . Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de.
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de Les·seps   (də lěs'əps, lě-sěps')   
See Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps.
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).
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