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de Lesseps

/ də lɛsɛps /

noun

  1. de LessepsFerdinand Marie, Vicomte18051894MFrenchPOLITICS: diplomatBUSINESS: director of Suez Canal construction Vicomte Ferdinand Marie (fɛrdinɑ̃ mari). 1805–94, French diplomat: directed the construction of the Suez Canal (1859–69) and the unsuccessful first attempt to build the Panama Canal (1881–89)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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