Ra·be·lais 
(răbə-lā′, răb′ə-lā, räb-lĕ), François 1494?-1553.
(răbə-lā′, răb′ə-lā, räb-lĕ), François 1494?-1553. French humanist and writer of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism and superstition, most notably Pantagruel (1532) and Gargantua (1534).
François Rabelais