Rouget de Lisle
or Rou·get de I'Isle
[ roo-zhe duh leel ]
/ ruˈʒɛ də ˈlil /
noun
Claude Joseph
[klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/,1760–1836,
French army officer and composer of songs: wrote and composed Marseillaise.
British Dictionary definitions for rouget de lisle
Rouget de Lisle
/ (French ruʒɛ də lil) /
noun
Claude Joseph (klod ʒozɛf). 1760–1836, French army officer: composer of the Marseillaise (1792), the French national anthem