emile | (n) the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
remilegia | (n) a genus of Echeneididae, Syn. genus Remilegia |
coue | (n) French psychotherapist who claimed that if one imagined one was getting better, one would get better (1857-1926), Syn. Emile Coue |
durkheim | (n) French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917), Syn. Emile Durkheim |
gaboriau | (n) French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873), Syn. Emile Gaboriau |
littre | (n) French lexicographer (1801-1881), Syn. Maximilien Paul Emile Littre |
mandelstam | (n) Russian poet who died in a prison camp (1891-1938), Syn. Osip Emilevich Mandelstam, Mandelshtam, Osip Mandelstam |
massenet | (n) French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912), Syn. Jules Emile Frederic Massenet |
matisse | (n) French painter and sculptor; leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954), Syn. Henri Matisse, Henri Emile Benoit Matisse |
maurois | (n) French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967), Syn. Emile Herzog, Andre Maurois |
whale sucker | (n) large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins, Syn. whalesucker, Remilegia australis |
yersin | (n) French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943), Syn. Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin, Alexandre Yersin |
zola | (n) French novelist and critic; defender of Dreyfus (1840-1902), Syn. Emile Zola |