Dictionary
Le•maî•tre
Pronunciation: (lu-me'tru), [key]—
n.
1. Fran•cois É•lie Jules Pronunciation: (frän-swa' ā-lē' zhyl), [key] 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
2. Abbé Georges É•douard Pronunciation: ( Fr. zhôrzh ā-dwar'), [key] 1894–1966, Belgian astrophysicist and priest: formulated big-bang theory.
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