jean | (n) (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear, Syn. blue jean, denim |
jeanne d'arc | (n) French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431), Syn. Saint Joan, Joan of Arc |
serjeant-at-law | (n) an English barrister of the highest rank, Syn. sergeant-at-law, sergeant, serjeant |
agassiz | (n) United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873), Syn. Louis Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz |
anouilh | (n) French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987), Syn. Jean Anouilh |
arp | (n) Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966), Syn. Jean Arp, Hans Arp |
bernoulli | (n) Swiss mathematician (1667-1748), Syn. Jean Bernoulli, John Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli |
calvin | (n) Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564), Syn. Jean Cauvin, John Calvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin |
champollion | (n) Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832), Syn. Jean Francois Champollion |
charcot | (n) French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893), Syn. Jean Martin Charcot |
cocteau | (n) French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963), Syn. Jean Cocteau |
condorcet | (n) French mathematician and philosopher (1743-1794), Syn. Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet |
corot | (n) French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875), Syn. Jean Baptiste Camille Corot |
denim | (n) a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric, Syn. jean, dungaree |
du barry | (n) courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793), Syn. Comtesse Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu |
duvalier | (n) son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951), Syn. Jean-Claude Duvalier, Baby Doc |
foucault | (n) French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868), Syn. Jean Bernard Leon Foucault |
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 |
fragonard | (n) French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806), Syn. Jean Honore Fragonard |
fresnel | (n) French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827), Syn. Augustin Jean Fresnel |
garnier | (n) French architect (1825-1898), Syn. Jean Louis Charles Garnier |
genet | (n) French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986), Syn. Jean Genet |
giraudoux | (n) French novelist and dramatist whose plays were reinterpretations of Greek myths (1882-1944), Syn. Jean Giraudoux, Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux |
godard | (n) French film maker influenced by surrealism; early work explored the documentary use of film; noted for innovative techniques (born in 1930), Syn. Jean Luc Godard |
harlow | (n) United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937), Syn. Harlean Carpenter, Jean Harlow |
ingres | (n) French classical painter (1780-1867), Syn. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
joliot | (n) French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958), Syn. Jean-Frederic Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie, Joliot-Curie |
kerouac | (n) United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969), Syn. Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac, Jack Kerouac |
king | (n) United States woman tennis player (born in 1943), Syn. Billie Jean Moffitt King, Billie Jean King |
laffite | (n) French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826), Syn. Jean Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Lafitte |
la fontaine | (n) French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695), Syn. Jean de La Fontaine |
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 |
le corbusier | (n) French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965), Syn. Charles Edouard Jeanneret |
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 |
marat | (n) French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793), Syn. Jean Paul Marat |
millet | (n) French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875), Syn. Jean Francois Millet |
moliere | (n) French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673), Syn. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin |
monnet | (n) French economist who advocated a Common Market in Europe (1888-1979), Syn. Jean Monnet |
monroe | (n) United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962), Syn. Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Baker |
murdoch | (n) British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999), Syn. Dame Jean Iris Murdoch, Iris Murdoch |
piaget | (n) Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980), Syn. Jean Piaget |
pompadour | (n) French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764), Syn. Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson |
racine | (n) French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699), Syn. Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine |
rameau | (n) French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764), Syn. Jean-Philippe Rameau |
rankin | (n) leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973), Syn. Jeannette Rankin |
richelieu | (n) French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642), Syn. Cardinal Richelieu, Duc de Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis |
rimbaud | (n) French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891), Syn. Arthur Rimbaud, Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud |
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 |
rousseau | (n) French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778), Syn. Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
sartre | (n) French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980), Syn. Jean-Paul Sartre |
牛仔裤 | [niú zǎi kù, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄞˇ ㄎㄨˋ, 牛 仔 裤 / 牛 仔 褲] jeans; close-fitting pants #9,083 [Add to Longdo] |
萨特 | [Sà tè, ㄙㄚˋ ㄊㄜˋ, 萨 特 / 薩 特] Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French existential philosopher and novelist #43,058 [Add to Longdo] |
马拉 | [Mǎ lā, ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ, 马 拉 / 馬 拉] Jean-Paul Marat #81,810 [Add to Longdo] |
傅里叶 | [Fù lǐ yè, ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄝˋ, 傅 里 叶 / 傅 里 葉] Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830) #98,264 [Add to Longdo] |
贞德 | [Zhēn dé, ㄓㄣ ㄉㄜˊ, 贞 德 / 貞 德] Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English; also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan #115,595 [Add to Longdo] |
拉辛 | [Lā xīn, ㄌㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ, 拉 辛] Jean Racine (French dramatist) #252,995 [Add to Longdo] |
塞韦里诺 | [sài wéi lǐ nuò, ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄋㄨㄛˋ, 塞 韦 里 诺 / 塞 韋 裡 諾] [ Jean-Michel ] Severino [ World Bank vice-president, East Asia and Pacific ] #697,061 [Add to Longdo] |
卢梭 | [Lú suō, ㄌㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛ, 卢 梭 / 盧 梭] Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment philosopher [Add to Longdo] |
圣女贞德 | [Shèng nǚ Zhēn dé, ㄕㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ ㄓㄣ ㄉㄜˊ, 圣 女 贞 德 / 聖 女 貞 德] Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English; also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan [Add to Longdo] |