| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Mo·lière |
| PRONUNCIATION: | m l-yâr |
| DATES: | 16221673 |
| French playwright whose sophisticated comedies include Tartuffe (1664), The Misanthrope (1666), and The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670).
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