Boulanger

[ boo-lahn-jey; French boo-lahn-zhey ]

noun

1. Georges Er·nest Jean Ma·rie [zhaw, r, zh e, r, -, nest, zhah, n, m, a, -, ree], 1837–91, French general and politician.
2. Na·dia (Ju·liette) [nah, -dee-, uh, joo-lee-, et, n, a, -, dya, zh, y, -, lyet], 1887–1979, French musician and teacher.

Boulanger

/ bulɑ̃ʒe /

noun

1. BoulangerGeorges18371891MFrenchMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
2. BoulangerNadia (Juliette)18871979FFrenchEDUCATION: teacher of musical composition Nadia ( Juliette ) (nadja). 1887–1979, French teacher of musical composition: her pupils included Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, and Virgil Thomson. She is noted also for her work in reviving the works of Monteverdi

Example Sentences

Few caused more trouble than Georges Boulanger, a general and war minister who in 1888-89 very nearly seized dictatorial power.

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Boulanger however was not the stuff of which dictators are made.

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Mme Bonnemain died in 1890; Boulanger returned from exile to blow his brains out atop Mme Bonnemain's Brussels grave.

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It was entitled Christianity Unveiled, and bore on its title page the name of Boulanger.

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Boulanger's ideas on philosophy, mythology, anthropology and history are of extraordinary interest today.

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The use made by Holbach of Boulanger's name makes it necessary to consider for a moment this almost forgotten writer.

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It was reprinted in later collections of Boulanger's works, and went through several English and Spanish editions.

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The form of the title and the attribution of the work to Boulanger were designed to set persecution on the wrong track.

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