Beaumarchais

[ boh-mar-she ]

noun

1. Pierre Au·gus·tin Ca·ron de [pye, r, oh-g, y, -, stan, k, a, -, rawn, d, uh], 1732–99, French dramatist.

Beaumarchais

/ bomarʃɛ /

noun

1. BeaumarchaisPierre Augustin Caron de17321799MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatist Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)

Example Sentences

Pierre-Augustin Caron he was christened, and it was in his soaring years that he added "de Beaumarchais."

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But Beaumarchais was not the only author who owed his notoriety to his legal proceedings.

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The latter favored (in appearance at least) M. Beaumarchais' claim.

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It was the ruin of Beaumarchais that he deceived Deane about that million.

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Rossini is Beaumarchais in music; Beaumarchais is not Mozart in literature.

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