Mirabeau

[ mir-uh-boh; French mee-ra-boh ]

noun

1. Ho·no·ré Ga·bri·el Vic·tor Ri·que·ti [aw-naw-, rey, g, a, -b, r, ee-, el, veek-, tawr, , r, eek, uh, -, tee], Count de, 1749–91, French Revolutionary statesman and orator.

Mirabeau

/ mirabo /

noun

1. Mirabeau, Comte de17491791MFrenchPOLITICS: revolutionaryPOLITICS: politician Comte de, title of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti. 1749–91, French Revolutionary politician

Example Sentences

He looked quick in final practice, but crashed at Mirabeau at the end of the session.

From BBC

Moments later, with tires cooler, Hamilton locked up as he snaked past Fairmont Hotel and wedged into the barriers at Mirabeau.

From Washington Times

The duo became a trio, however, when they were joined by the ebullient, herculean Guillaume Apollinaire, revered by French majors everywhere for “Le Pont Mirabeau,” that most wistful of modern love poems.

From Washington Post

She moved to New Orleans, where she settled into the motherhouse — the order’s principal convent — called Mirabeau.

From New York Times

Hawkings refers me to a 2014 YouTube tutorial by Stephen Cronk from Mirabeau Wine in Provence, subtitled: “If the shoe fits ... use it to open your wine bottle.”

From The Guardian