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a person of Native Canadian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry ; M é tis

a member of a people of Zimbabwe

a port in N Haiti : capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)

Jean-Marie ( ʒɑ̃məri ). born 1928, French politician ; leader of the extreme right-wing Front National (1972–2011); runner-up in the presidential election of 2002

Albert ( albɛr ). 1871–1950, French statesman; president (1932–40)

Chad . born 1992, South African swimmer; won gold in the 200m butterfly at the 2012 Olympics

( Joseph ) Sheridan . 1814–73, Irish writer, best known for his stories of mystery and the supernatural , esp Uncle Silas (1864) and the collection In a Glass Darkly (1872)

a city in NW France : scene of the first experiments in motoring and flying ; annual motor race . Pop: 148 169 (2006)

Alain-René ( alɛ̃rəne ). 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist , author of the picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715–35)

John, real name David John Cornwell . born 1931, English novelist , esp of spy thrillers such as The Spy who came in from the Cold (1963), Tinker , Tailor , Soldier , Spy (1974), Smiley's People (1980), The Tailor of Panama (1996), and The Mission Song (2006)

a town in NE France: site ( August 26, 1914) of the largest British battle since Waterloo , which led to the disruption of the German attack on the Allies . Pop: 6998 (2009)

a port in N France, on the English Channel at the mouth of the River Seine : transatlantic trade ; oil refining . Pop: 185 311 (2006)

the border area between England and Wales or Scotland , both characterized by continual feuding (13th–16th centuries )

André ( ɑ̃dre ). 1613–1700, French landscape gardener , who created the gardens at Versailles for Louis XIV

a town in E central France : metal, machinery , and armaments industries . Pop: 26 283 (1999)

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real name Charles Édouard Jeanneret. 1887–1965, French architect and town planner , born in Switzerland . He is noted for his use of reinforced concrete and for his modular system, which used units of a standard size . His works include Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles (1946–52) and the city of Chandigarh , India (1954)

a city in the S Netherlands , capital of North Brabant province: birthplace of Hieronymus Bosch . Pop: 133 000 (2003 est)

a wicked sorceress of Arthurian legend , the half-sister of King Arthur

all the world; everyone

Eugène Emmanuel ( øʒɛn emanɥɛl ). 1814–79, French architect and leader of the Gothic Revival in France, noted for his dictionary of French architecture (1854–68) and for his restoration of medieval buildings

Albert ( albɛr ). 1871–1950, French statesman; president (1932–40)

Alain René ( alɛ̃ ʀəˈneɪ ) 1668-1747; Fr. novelist & dramatist

a town in N England, in Sunderland unitary authority , Tyne and Wear: coal-mining. Pop: 36 746 (2001)

a town in E France: saline springs ; manufactures sparkling wines . Pop: 18 763 (2006)

a group of islands in the Caribbean , in the N Lesser Antilles between Puerto Rico and Martinique

after me the deluge

the principle that if a system in chemical equilibrium is subjected to a disturbance it tends to change in a way that opposes this disturbance

the latest fashion ; the last word