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Corneille

[ kawr-ney; French kawr-ne-yuh ]

noun

  1. Pierre [pee-, air, pye, r], 1606–84, French dramatist and poet.


Corneille

/ ɔɛ /

noun

  1. CorneillePierre16061684MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatist Pierre (pjɛr). 1606–84, French tragic dramatist often regarded as the founder of French classical drama. His plays include éé (1635), Le Cid (1636), Horace (1640), and Polyeucte (1642)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The rally had earlier been addressed by Corneille Nangaa, the head of an alliance of rebel groups that includes the M23.

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He instead leaves the public speeches and statements to his spokesperson, and Corneille Nangaa, who heads an alliance of rebel groups including the M23.

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Corneille de Lyon painted portraits and, as far as we know, nothing else.

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The Rev. Corneille Fortuna, who helps run the complex, said he narrowly survived when his residence on the property caved in.

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But they found that “all the plays signed by Molière belong to the same cluster, very distinct from Corneille’s plays, whichever the type of feature studied … We thus consider this first hypothesis disproved.”

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