Mansart

[ mahn-sar; English man-sahrt, -sert ]

noun

1. Jules Har·douin [zh, y, l , a, r, -, dwan], Jules Hardouin, 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
2. his granduncle (Ni·co·las) Fran·çois [nee-kaw-, lah, f, r, ah, n, -, swa], 1598–1666, French architect.

Mansart

/ mɑ̃sar /

noun

1. MansartFrançois15981666MFrenchARCHITECTURE: architect François (frɑ̃swa). 1598–1666, French architect, who established the classical style in French architecture
2. MansartJules Hardouin16461708MFrenchARCHITECTURE: architectMISC: town planner his great-nephew, Jules Hardouin (ʒyl ardwɛ̃). 1646–1708, French architect and town planner, who completed the Palace of Versailles

Example Sentences

The Pierre’s elaborate crown, modelled on Charles Mansart’s Chapelle Royale at Versailles, says “classic, rich New York”, which is perhaps why The Pierre has been the setting for a raft of films.

From Forbes

Now Simon Mansart lay very ill, and it was said that he was dying.

From Project Gutenberg

In September of that year, at the suggestion of Mansart, the first was held in the Louvre.

From Project Gutenberg

That part of the structure built by Mansart for Gaston d'Orleans appears strange, solemn, and superfluous in connection with the sumptuousness of the earlier portions.

From Project Gutenberg

The mansard roof, where the topmost stories pitch back at an angle, takes its name from François Mansart, the 17th-century French architect who used it extensively.

From New York Times