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Recamier

1 American  
[rey-kuh-myey] / ˌreɪ kəˈmyeɪ /

noun

  1. a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.

Récamier 2 American  
[rey-ka-myey] / reɪ kaˈmyeɪ /

noun

  1. Madame Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.

Etymology

Origin of Recamier

1920–25; after Madame Récamier ( def. )

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