baptismal font | (n) bowl for baptismal water, Syn. baptistery, baptistry, font |
corot | (n) French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875), Syn. Jean Baptiste Camille Corot |
fourier | (n) French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830), Syn. Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier |
lamarck | (n) French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829), Syn. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de Lamarck |
lully | (n) French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687), Syn. Giambattista Lulli, Lulli, Jean Baptiste Lully |
moliere | (n) French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673), Syn. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin |
racine | (n) French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699), Syn. Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine |
rochambeau | (n) French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807), Syn. Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau |