Lenoir

[ luh-nwar luh-nawr, -nohr ]

noun

1. Jean Jo·seph É·tienne [zhah, n, zhoh-, zef, ey-, tyen], 1822–1900, French inventor.
2. a town in W North Carolina.

Lenoir

/ lĕ-nwär′ /

1. French inventor who in 1859 constructed the first practical internal-combustion engine, which was fueled by coal gas and air. He later built a car and a boat that were powered by this engine.

Example Sentences

Arthel Watson got his nickname one night in a furniture store in Lenoir, N.C., in 1951, when he was just 18 years old.

From The Daily Beast

Already have Harkaway and his hard-knuckled companion, Girdwood, been seen in Lenoir's society.

From Project Gutenberg

"What a strange fellow that Markby is," thought Pierre Lenoir, looking after him.

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This man called himself Pierre Lenoir, although he was known in other ports by other names.

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Honoria delivers it to the fair Marie; the fair Marie tells it to M. Lenoir, and the first round is completed.

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M'sieur Lenoir said that--that he admired the color of my dress, and that blue became me more than lilac.

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