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jean
(encz) | jean,denim n: Zdeněk Brož |
jean
(encz) | jean,látka na výrobu jeansů Zdeněk Brož |
jean
(gcide) | jean \jean\ (j[=a]n), n. [Prob. named from Genoa. See Jane.]
1. A twilled cotton cloth.
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2. (pl.) (j[=e]nz), Same as blue jeans.
[PJC]
3. (pl.) (j[=e]nz), Pants made of different fabrics,
resembling blue jeans.
[PJC]
Satin jean, a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after
the manner of satin.
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jean
(wn) | jean
n 1: (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for
manual work or casual wear [syn: jean, blue jean,
denim]
2: a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric [syn: denim,
dungaree, jean] |
jean
(foldoc) | JEAN
A dialect of JOSS.
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blue jeans
(encz) | blue jeans,džíny Zdeněk Brož |
jean
(encz) | jean,denim n: Zdeněk Brožjean,látka na výrobu jeansů Zdeněk Brož |
jeanne
(encz) | Jeanne,ženské křestní jméno n: [female] [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
jeannie
(encz) | Jeannie,ženské křestní jméno n: [female] [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
jeans
(encz) | jeans,džínsy jeans,džíny jeans,rifle Zdeněk Brožjeans,texasky Pavel Cvrček |
serjeant
(encz) | serjeant, n: |
serjeant-at-arms
(encz) | serjeant-at-arms, n: |
serjeant-at-law
(encz) | serjeant-at-law, n: |
látka na výrobu jeansů
(czen) | látka na výrobu jeansů,jean Zdeněk Brož |
blue jeans
(gcide) | blue jeans \blue" jeans`\, n. pl.
a tight-fitting trousers made of blue denim or a similar
fabric, designed originally to serve as inexpensive durable
workclothes, and often having metal rivets for reinforcement.
They have become very popular as casual wear for all age
groups, and more expensive and more carefully styled and
tailored versions called designer jeanshave also become
popular among girls and women.
Syn: jeans, Levis. [1913 Webster] |
jean
(gcide) | jean \jean\ (j[=a]n), n. [Prob. named from Genoa. See Jane.]
1. A twilled cotton cloth.
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2. (pl.) (j[=e]nz), Same as blue jeans.
[PJC]
3. (pl.) (j[=e]nz), Pants made of different fabrics,
resembling blue jeans.
[PJC]
Satin jean, a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after
the manner of satin.
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Petit serjeanty
(gcide) | Petit \Pet"it\ (p[e^]t"[y^]; F. pe*t[-e]"), a. [F. See Petty.]
Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty.
[Obs., except in legal language.]
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By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of
and recover a vanishing notion. --South.
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Petit constable, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to
the high constable.
Petit jury, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes
at the bar of a court; -- so called in distinction from
the grand jury.
Petit larceny, the stealing of goods of, or under, a
certain specified small value; -- opposed to {grand
larceny}. The distinction is abolished in England.
{Petit ma[^i]tre}. [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a
coxcomb; a ladies' man. --Goldsmith.
Petit serjeanty (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the
crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement
of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc.
Petit treason, formerly, in England, the crime of killing a
person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as
one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not
distinguished from murder.
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Satin jean
(gcide) | jean \jean\ (j[=a]n), n. [Prob. named from Genoa. See Jane.]
1. A twilled cotton cloth.
[1913 Webster]
2. (pl.) (j[=e]nz), Same as blue jeans.
[PJC]
3. (pl.) (j[=e]nz), Pants made of different fabrics,
resembling blue jeans.
[PJC]
Satin jean, a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after
the manner of satin.
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Sejeant
(gcide) | Sejant \Se"jant\, Sejeant \Se"jeant\, a. [F. s['e]ant, p. pr. of
seoir to sit, L. sedere.] (Her.)
Sitting, as a lion or other beast.
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Sejant rampant, sitting with the forefeet lifted up.
--Wright.
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serjeancy
(gcide) | Sergeancy \Ser"gean*cy\, n.; pl. Sergeancies. [Cf.
Sergeanty.]
The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. [Written also
serjeancy.]
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serjeant
(gcide) | Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
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The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
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The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
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This fell sergeant, Death,
Is strict in his arrest. --Shak.
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2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
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Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
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3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
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4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) The cobia.
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Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zool.) The cow pilot.
[1913 Webster]Serjeant \Ser"jeant\, Serjeantcy \Ser"jeant*cy\, etc.
See Sergeant, Sergeantcy, etc.
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Serjeant-at-arms. See Sergeant-at-arms, under Sergeant.
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Serjeant
(gcide) | Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
[1913 Webster]
The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
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The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
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This fell sergeant, Death,
Is strict in his arrest. --Shak.
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2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
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3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
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4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) The cobia.
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Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zool.) The cow pilot.
[1913 Webster]Serjeant \Ser"jeant\, Serjeantcy \Ser"jeant*cy\, etc.
See Sergeant, Sergeantcy, etc.
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Serjeant-at-arms. See Sergeant-at-arms, under Sergeant.
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serjeant at law
(gcide) | Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis,
p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In
England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military
officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil
officers also.]
1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose
duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders.
He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these
officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the
houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
[1913 Webster]
The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
--Chaucer.
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The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those
men go. --Acts xvi.
35.
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This fell sergeant, Death,
Is strict in his arrest. --Shak.
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2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned
officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to
instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants
belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment,
a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned
officer, and has important duties as the assistant to
the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the
quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the
colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the
care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants
have charge of the ammunition at military posts.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the
doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.] --Blackstone.
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4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign;
as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant,
surgeon. [Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) The cobia.
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Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill.
Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a
deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands
in preserving order and arresting offenders. See
Sergeant, 1.
Sergeant major.
(a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above.
(b) (Zool.) The cow pilot.
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Serjeant-at-arms
(gcide) | Serjeant \Ser"jeant\, Serjeantcy \Ser"jeant*cy\, etc.
See Sergeant, Sergeantcy, etc.
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Serjeant-at-arms. See Sergeant-at-arms, under Sergeant.
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Serjeantcy
(gcide) | Serjeant \Ser"jeant\, Serjeantcy \Ser"jeant*cy\, etc.
See Sergeant, Sergeantcy, etc.
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Serjeant-at-arms. See Sergeant-at-arms, under Sergeant.
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serjeantry
(gcide) | Sergeantry \Ser"geant*ry\, n. [CF. OF. sergenteric.]
See Sergeanty. [R.] [Written also serjeantry.]
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serjeanty
(gcide) | Sergeanty \Ser"geant*y\, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia.
See Sergeant.] (Eng. Law)
Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service
not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also
serjeanty.]
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Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the
tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to
the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or
the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone.
Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.
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alexandre emile jean yersin
(wn) | Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
n 1: French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of
Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943) [syn:
Yersin, Alexandre Yersin, {Alexandre Emile Jean
Yersin}] |
armand jean du plessis
(wn) | Armand Jean du Plessis
n 1: French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis
XIII (1585-1642) [syn: Richelieu, Duc de Richelieu,
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu] |
augustin jean fresnel
(wn) | Augustin Jean Fresnel
n 1: French physicist who invented polarized light and invented
the Fresnel lens (1788-1827) [syn: Fresnel, {Augustin
Jean Fresnel}] |
baron jean baptiste joseph fourier
(wn) | Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
n 1: French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and
studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830) [syn: Fourier,
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, {Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph
Fourier}] |
billie jean king
(wn) | Billie Jean King
n 1: United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) [syn:
King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King] |
billie jean moffitt king
(wn) | Billie Jean Moffitt King
n 1: United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) [syn:
King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King] |
blue jean
(wn) | blue jean
n 1: (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for
manual work or casual wear [syn: jean, blue jean,
denim] |
charles edouard jeanneret
(wn) | Charles Edouard Jeanneret
n 1: French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965) [syn:
Le Corbusier, Charles Edouard Jeanneret] |
dame jean iris murdoch
(wn) | Dame Jean Iris Murdoch
n 1: British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her
novels (1919-1999) [syn: Murdoch, Iris Murdoch, {Dame
Jean Iris Murdoch}] |
edward jean steichen
(wn) | Edward Jean Steichen
n 1: United States photographer who pioneered artistic
photography (1879-1973) [syn: Steichen, {Edward Jean
Steichen}] |
hippolyte jean giraudoux
(wn) | Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux
n 1: French novelist and dramatist whose plays were
reinterpretations of Greek myths (1882-1944) [syn:
Giraudoux, Jean Giraudoux, Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux] |
jean
(wn) | jean
n 1: (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for
manual work or casual wear [syn: jean, blue jean,
denim]
2: a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric [syn: denim,
dungaree, jean] |
jean anouilh
(wn) | Jean Anouilh
n 1: French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek
myths (1910-1987) [syn: Anouilh, Jean Anouilh] |
jean antoine watteau
(wn) | Jean Antoine Watteau
n 1: French painter (1684-1721) [syn: Watteau, {Jean Antoine
Watteau}] |
jean arp
(wn) | Jean Arp
n 1: Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in
Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)
[syn: Arp, Jean Arp, Hans Arp] |
jean auguste dominique ingres
(wn) | Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
n 1: French classical painter (1780-1867) [syn: Ingres, {Jean
Auguste Dominique Ingres}] |
jean baptiste camille corot
(wn) | Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
n 1: French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875) [syn:
Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot] |
jean baptiste de lamarck
(wn) | Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
n 1: French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from
the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
[syn: Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, {Chevalier de
Lamarck}] |
jean baptiste donatien de vimeur
(wn) | Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
n 1: French general who commanded French troops in the American
Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807) [syn:
Rochambeau, Comte de Rochambeau, {Jean Baptiste
Donatien de Vimeur}] |
jean baptiste joseph fourier
(wn) | Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
n 1: French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and
studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830) [syn: Fourier,
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, {Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph
Fourier}] |
jean baptiste lully
(wn) | Jean Baptiste Lully
n 1: French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer
to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera
(1632-1687) [syn: Lully, Jean Baptiste Lully, Lulli,
Giambattista Lulli] |
jean baptiste racine
(wn) | Jean Baptiste Racine
n 1: French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works
on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) [syn: Racine, {Jean
Racine}, Jean Baptiste Racine] |
jean bernard leon foucault
(wn) | Jean Bernard Leon Foucault
n 1: French physicist who determined the speed of light and
showed that it travels slower in water than in air;
invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope
(1819-1868) [syn: Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon Foucault] |
jean bernoulli
(wn) | Jean Bernoulli
n 1: Swiss mathematician (1667-1748) [syn: Bernoulli, {Johann
Bernoulli}, Jean Bernoulli, John Bernoulli] |
jean caulvin
(wn) | Jean Caulvin
n 1: Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets
(predestination and the irresistibility of grace and
justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
[syn: Calvin, John Calvin, Jean Cauvin, {Jean
Caulvin}, Jean Chauvin] |
jean cauvin
(wn) | Jean Cauvin
n 1: Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets
(predestination and the irresistibility of grace and
justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
[syn: Calvin, John Calvin, Jean Cauvin, {Jean
Caulvin}, Jean Chauvin] |
jean chauvin
(wn) | Jean Chauvin
n 1: Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets
(predestination and the irresistibility of grace and
justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
[syn: Calvin, John Calvin, Jean Cauvin, {Jean
Caulvin}, Jean Chauvin] |
jean cocteau
(wn) | Jean Cocteau
n 1: French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic
media (1889-1963) [syn: Cocteau, Jean Cocteau] |
jean de la fontaine
(wn) | Jean de La Fontaine
n 1: French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published
them (1621-1695) [syn: La Fontaine, {Jean de La
Fontaine}] |
jean edouard vuillard
(wn) | Jean Edouard Vuillard
n 1: French painter (1868-1940) [syn: Vuillard, {Edouard
Vuillard}, Jean Edouard Vuillard] |
jean francois champollion
(wn) | Jean Francois Champollion
n 1: Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone
and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian
hieroglyphics (1790-1832) [syn: Champollion, {Jean
Francois Champollion}] |
jean francois millet
(wn) | Jean Francois Millet
n 1: French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875) [syn: Millet,
Jean Francois Millet] |
jean genet
(wn) | Jean Genet
n 1: French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the
absurd (1910-1986) [syn: Genet, Jean Genet] |
jean giraudoux
(wn) | Jean Giraudoux
n 1: French novelist and dramatist whose plays were
reinterpretations of Greek myths (1882-1944) [syn:
Giraudoux, Jean Giraudoux, Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux] |
jean harlow
(wn) | Jean Harlow
n 1: United States film actress who made several films with
Clark Gable (1911-1937) [syn: Harlow, Jean Harlow,
Harlean Carpenter] |
jean honore fragonard
(wn) | Jean Honore Fragonard
n 1: French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity
of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century
(1732-1806) [syn: Fragonard, Jean Honore Fragonard] |
jean laffite
(wn) | Jean Laffite
n 1: French pirate who aided the United States in the War of
1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes
(1780-1826) [syn: Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Laffite,
Jean Lafitte] |
jean lafitte
(wn) | Jean Lafitte
n 1: French pirate who aided the United States in the War of
1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes
(1780-1826) [syn: Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Laffite,
Jean Lafitte] |
jean louis charles garnier
(wn) | Jean Louis Charles Garnier
n 1: French architect (1825-1898) [syn: Garnier, {Jean Louis
Charles Garnier}] |
jean louis rodolphe agassiz
(wn) | Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
n 1: United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied
fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages
had occurred in North America (1807-1873) [syn: Agassiz,
Louis Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz] |
jean luc godard
(wn) | Jean Luc Godard
n 1: French film maker influenced by surrealism; early work
explored the documentary use of film; noted for innovative
techniques (born in 1930) [syn: Godard, {Jean Luc
Godard}] |
jean martin charcot
(wn) | Jean Martin Charcot
n 1: French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure
hysteria (1825-1893) [syn: Charcot, {Jean Martin
Charcot}] |
jean monnet
(wn) | Jean Monnet
n 1: French economist who advocated a Common Market in Europe
(1888-1979) [syn: Monnet, Jean Monnet] |
jean nicholas arthur rimbaud
(wn) | Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud
n 1: French poet whose work influenced the surrealists
(1854-1891) [syn: Rimbaud, Arthur Rimbaud, {Jean
Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud}] |
jean paul marat
(wn) | Jean Paul Marat
n 1: French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a
leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to
death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793) [syn:
Marat, Jean Paul Marat] |
jean piaget
(wn) | Jean Piaget
n 1: Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive
development in children (1896-1980) [syn: Piaget, {Jean
Piaget}] |
jean racine
(wn) | Jean Racine
n 1: French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works
on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) [syn: Racine, {Jean
Racine}, Jean Baptiste Racine] |
jean sibelius
(wn) | Jean Sibelius
n 1: Finnish composer (1865-1957) [syn: Sibelius, {Jean
Sibelius}, Johan Julius Christian Sibelius] |
jean-baptiste poquelin
(wn) | Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
n 1: French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673) [syn:
Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin] |
jean-claude duvalier
(wn) | Jean-Claude Duvalier
n 1: son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of
Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born
in 1951) [syn: Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier, {Baby
Doc}] |
jean-frederic joliot
(wn) | Jean-Frederic Joliot
n 1: French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant
and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married
(taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered
how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958)
[syn: Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot, Joliot-Curie,
Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie] |
jean-frederic joliot-curie
(wn) | Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie
n 1: French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant
and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married
(taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered
how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958)
[syn: Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot, Joliot-Curie,
Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie] |
jean-jacques rousseau
(wn) | Jean-Jacques Rousseau
n 1: French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed
that the natural goodness of man was warped by society;
ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778) [syn:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau] |
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