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Recamier

[ rey-kuh-myey ]

/ ˌreɪ kəˈmyeɪ /

noun

a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.

Origin of Recamier

1920–25; after Madame Récamier

Definition for recamier (2 of 2)

Récamier

[ rey-ka-myey ]

/ reɪ kaˈmyeɪ /

noun

MadameJeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard,1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.

Example sentences from the Web for recamier

From her earliest babyhood, Recamier had all but worshiped her.

Superwomen |Albert Payson Terhune
Recamier that gave me the idea of what I have attempted to describe.

Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) |Mme de Stael
So Recamier, rich and powerful, chose the surest means to safeguard the daughter who was all the world to him.

Superwomen |Albert Payson Terhune
When Recamier died, in 1830, Jeanne was a little over fifty.

Superwomen |Albert Payson Terhune

He first wrecked the Recamier bank, driving old Recamier to the verge of ruin.

Superwomen |Albert Payson Terhune