Prévost d'Exiles

[ prey-voh deg-zeel ]
/ preɪˈvoʊ dɛgˈzil /

noun

An·toine Fran·çois [ahn-twan frahn-swa] /ɑ̃ˈtwan frɑ̃ˈswa/, Abbé Prévost,1697–1763, French novelist.

British Dictionary definitions for prevost d'exiles

Prévost d'Exiles
/ (French prevo dɛɡzil) /

noun

Antoine François (ɑ̃twan frɑ̃swa), known as Abbé Prévost. 1697–1763, French novelist, noted for his romance Manon Lescaut (1731), which served as the basis for operas by Puccini and Massenet