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Miquelon

(Encyclopedia)Miquelon, French island: see Saint Pierre and Miquelon. ...

Mauclerc, Pierre

(Encyclopedia)Mauclerc, Pierre: see Peter I, duke of Brittany. ...

Choderlos de Laclos

(Encyclopedia)Choderlos de Laclos: see Laclos, Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de. ...

Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de

(Encyclopedia)Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de pyĕrˈ kärlāˈ də shäNblēˈ də märēvōˈ [key], 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist. He enjoyed popularity for a time with his numerous comedies...

Nkurunziza, Pierre

(Encyclopedia)Nkurunziza, Pierre nko͞oro͞onzēˈzä [key], 1964–2020, Burundian political leader. A Hutu whose father was killed (1972) in an ethnic massacre, he taught physical education until 1995 when renewe...

Lescot, Pierre

(Encyclopedia)Lescot, Pierre pyĕr lĕskōˈ [key], c.1510–1578, French Renaissance architect. Appointed by Francis I to design a new royal palace in Paris, he built the earliest portions of what was later to bec...
 

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