Montaigne

[ mon-teyn; French mawn-ten-yuh ]

noun

1. Mi·chel Ey·quem [mee-, shel, e-, kem], Seigneur de, 1533–92, French essayist.

Montaigne

/ mɔ̃tɛɲ /

noun

1. MontaigneMichel Eyquem de15331592MFrenchWRITING: writerWRITING: essayist Michel Eyquem de (miʃɛl ikɛm də). 1533–92, French writer. His life's work, the Essays (begun in 1571), established the essay as a literary genre and record the evolution of his moral ideas

Example Sentences

The Paris prosecutor’s office overseeing the investigation gave the robbery location as Avenue Montaigne, where Harry Winston has its dazzling, by-appointment store, but wouldn’t confirm that the jeweler was the target.

From Seattle Times

Her breakthrough 2010 smash, “How to Live,” was an innovative exercise in writing the life of a sole subject — in that case, essayist Michel de Montaigne.

From Washington Post

About 30 years ago, she was in Hungary, looking for something to read during a train ride, when she picked up a copy of Montaigne’s essays.

From New York Times

The students at Bordeaux Montaigne University, on the outskirts of the city, have gone even further — occupying the entire campus.

From New York Times

“On the Britain side, they felt that France was trying to punish the U.K. for exiting the European Union,” said Georgina Wright, head of the Europe Program at the Institut Montaigne, a French think tank.

From New York Times