illustrious+person
11Someone to Watch Over Me (Frasier episode) — Infobox Television episode | Title = Someone to Watch Over Me Series = Frasier Season = 2 Episode = 19 Airdate = 28 March 1995 Production = Writer = Don Siegel Director = James Burrows Guests = Renée Lippin (Kari) Rita McKenzie (Mrs. Littlejohn)… …
12Demise — De*mise , n. [F. d[ e]mettre, p. p. d[ e]mis, d[ e]mise, to put away, lay down; pref. d[ e] (L. de or dis ) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send. See {Mission}, and cf. {Dismiss}, {Demit}.] 1. Transmission by formal act or… …
13Demise and redemise — Demise De*mise , n. [F. d[ e]mettre, p. p. d[ e]mis, d[ e]mise, to put away, lay down; pref. d[ e] (L. de or dis ) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send. See {Mission}, and cf. {Dismiss}, {Demit}.] 1. Transmission by formal act or… …
14Medal — Med al, n. [F. m[ e]daille, It. medaglia, fr. L. metallum metal, through (assumed) LL. metalleus made of metal. See {Metal}, and cf. {Mail} a piece of money.] A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve… …
15Rafael Franco — Infobox President name=Rafael Franco Ojeda nationality=Paraguayan order= 36th President of Paraguay term start= February 17 1936 term end= August 13 1937 predecessor= Eusebio Ayala successor= Félix Paiva birth date= birth date|1896|10|22|mf=y… …
16Éon de l'Étoile — (died 1150) was a Breton religious leader and messiah . He opposed the Roman Catholic Church to the point of pillaging abbeys and monasteries and accumulating a large treasure during a period of eight years (1140 ndash;48). Born near Loudéac to a …
17name-drop — verb To casually mention a well known or illustrious person or the titles of their works, often implying familiarity or association, especially in order to impress others, increase ones status, or to appear knowledgeable or fashionable …
18ELOGE — a discourse in panegyric of some illustrious person deceased, in which composition Fontenelle took the lead, and in which he was followed by D Alembert, Condorcet, Flourens, and others …
19KEPLER, JOHN — illustrious astronomer, born at Weil der Stadt, Würtemberg, born in poverty; studied at Tübingen chiefly mathematics and astronomy, became lecturer on these subjects at Grätz; joined Tycho Brahé at Prague as assistant, who obtained a pension… …
20literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
