CLAIRE ELISABETH JEANNE DE REMUSAT
\klˈe͡əɹ ɪlˈɪzəbəθ d͡ʒˈiːn də ɹɪmjˈuːsat], \klˈeəɹ ɪlˈɪzəbəθ dʒˈiːn də ɹɪmjˈuːsat], \k_l_ˈeə_ɹ ɪ_l_ˈɪ_z_ə_b_ə_θ dʒ_ˈiː_n d_ə ɹ_ɪ_m_j_ˈuː_s_a_t]\
Definitions of CLAIRE ELISABETH JEANNE DE REMUSAT
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A French essayist; born at Paris in 1780; died in 1821. She was the mother of Charles de Remusat, and companion to the Empress Josephine. She wrote an "Essay on the Education of Women" (1824). Her "Memoirs" are very celebrated. They form the substance of her diary, destroyed by fire and rewritten by her from memory. They are very unfriendly to Napoleon.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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