Estienne

American  

[es-tyen] / ɛsˈtyɛn /

noun

1. Also a family of French printers, book dealers, and scholars, including especially Henri died 1520; his son, Robert 1503?–59; Henri (son of Robert), 1531?–98.

2. a French printing firm founded by this family.

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Estienne British  

/ etjɛn /

noun

1. a family of French printers, scholars, and dealers in books, including Henri (ɑ̃ri), ?1460–1520, who founded the printing business in Paris, his son Robert (rɔbɛr), 1503–59, and his grandson Henri , 1528–98

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Example Sentences

In 2019 he premiered a new play, “Why?,” about experimental Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold, which Mr. Brook wrote and staged with Estienne.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022

In September 2019, “Why?,” a play written and staged by Mr. Brook and his longtime collaborator, Marie-Hélène Estienne, opened in Brooklyn after a debut in Paris, with a tour planned for China, Italy and Spain.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2022

And yet, as applied to “Why?” — the new work written and staged by Mr. Brook and his longtime collaborator, Marie-Hélène Estienne — the word “distiller” seems apt.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2019

The adaptation and staging by Brook and his longtime co-director Marie-Hélène Estienne looks like most of Brook’s recent work.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2017

The home of Robert Estienne presented the noble example of those bourgeois families whose pure morals and virile domestic virtues so strongly contrasted with the prevalent corruption of those days.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne