Lemaître

[ luh-me-truh ]

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noun

Fran·cois É·lie Jules [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, ey-, lee, zh, y, l], 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
Ab·bé Georges É·douard [a-, bey, zhawrzh ey-, dwar], 1894–1966, Belgian astrophysicist and priest: formulated big-bang theory.

Lemaître

/ ləmɛtr /

LemaîtreGeorges (Édouard)18941966MBelgianSCIENCE: astronomerRELIGION: clergyman Abbé Georges ( Édouard ) (ʒɔrʒ). 1894–1966, Belgian astronomer and priest, who first proposed the big-bang theory of the universe (1927)

It is interesting to note the impression made by the language upon a Frenchman and a critic of the rank of Jules Lemaître.

Jules Lemaître claimed that he was the greatest artist in symbols that France had ever produced.

I had the honour of calling M. Lemaître's attention to this error, which he handsomely acknowledged.

The comedy is excellent, though you dimly recall a little play entitled: Fréderic Lemaître.

Lemaître was standing in great grief over poor "Ramier," lying inert on the ground and struggling feebly with death.

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