Lebrun

American  

[luh-brœn] / ləˈbrœ̃ /

noun

1. Albert 1871–1950, president of France 1932–40.

2. Also Le Brun. Charles 1619–90, French painter.

3. Mme. Vigée-. Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Anne Elisabeth.

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Lebrun British  

/ ləbrœ̃ /

noun

1. Albert (albɛr). 1871–1950, French statesman; president (1932–40)

2. Also: Le Brun.  Charles (ʃarl). 1619–90, French historical painter. He was court painter to Louis XIV and executed much of the decoration of the palace of Versailles

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Example Sentences

Lebrun would surely have known the monstrous tool from countless Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings of martyred Saint Catherine of Alexandria — by Raphael, Caravaggio, Veronese, Artemisia Gentileschi, Bernardo Strozzi and dozens more.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

At Château Olivier, which also produces Pessac-Leognan wines, Director Laurent Lebrun showed how he and his team go through the vineyards to taste grapes plot by plot to decide where and when to harvest.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Lebrun uncannily conveys the sense of having lost her grip on language itself, pushing breath through her lips to summon words that never arrive.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Argento and Lebrun, who improvised most of their dialogue, are terrifyingly real — so much so that Lebrun has said that some viewers assumed she actually had Alzheimer’s.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Montel was a middle-aged gentleman whose vain ambition and desire for the past twenty years had been to fill the void which Monsieur Lebrun’s taking off had left in the Lebrun household.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin