1. French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699); [syn: Racine, Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Jean Racine
n 1: French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works
on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) [syn: Racine, Jean
Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine]