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Jean Baptiste Racine

DEFINITIONS OF: Jean Baptiste Racine

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n French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)

Synonyms:
Jean Racine, Racine
Example of:
dramatist, playwright
someone who writes plays
poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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