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JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
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• JEAN DE LA FONTAINE (noun)
The noun JEAN DE LA FONTAINE has 1 sense:
1. French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695)
Familiarity information: JEAN DE LA FONTAINE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jean de La Fontaine; La Fontaine
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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