de Beauvoir

[ duh bohv-wahr; French duh boh-vwar ]

/ də boʊvˈwɑr; French də boʊˈvwar /

noun

Si·mone

[see-mawn] /siˈmɔn/Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand,1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.

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Sartre, Beauvoir, Vian and Greco were holding court in the cafes and nightclubs of Saint German.

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Gloucesters and Oxfords fell back to join the garrison of the Beauvoir Line, all parts of which were heavily engaged by evening.

The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |G. K. Rose
He the same night (22nd) regained the Beauvoir line and took command of the Brigade.

The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |G. K. Rose
The lady took a fancy to Beauvoir, and he found her very much to his taste; perhaps they loved!

Parisians in the Country |Honore de Balzac

He visited Jefferson Davis at “Beauvoir” and painted him there.

Historic Fredericksburg |John T. Goolrick
Mrs. Davis did not live long, and the lady who now presides over Beauvoir is Mr. Davis' second wife.

Fifty Years In The Northwest |William Henry Carman Folsom

British Dictionary definitions for beauvoir (1 of 2)

Beauvoir

/ (French bovwar) /

noun

See de Beauvoir

British Dictionary definitions for beauvoir (2 of 2)

de Beauvoir

/ (French də bovwar) /

noun

Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le sang des autres (1944), Le deuxième sexe (1949), and Les mandarins (1954)

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