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JEAN RACINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
Synonyms:
Jean Baptiste Racine; Jean Racine; Racine
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Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))