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villon, françois

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Vil·lon   (vē-yōɴ')   
French poet. His satirical lyrics are contained in Le Petit Testament (c. 1456) and Le Testament (c. 1461).
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Villon, François [(vee-yohnn)]

A fifteenth-century French poet known as much for his life as an outlaw as for the quality of his poetry.

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