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  • proper noun A male given name of Latin origin, an anglicized spelling of French Émile.

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  • noun the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Examples

  • Emile was excited to try his own capabilities, and soon presented to his friends the manuscript of _Emile_, a story, the principal parts of which were true records of his own life.

    Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business David W. Bartlett 1870

  • The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

    Ice Cold, by Andrea Maria Schenkel Maxine 2009

  • The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

    Ice Cold, by Andrea Maria Schenkel Maxine 2009

  • The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

    PETRONA Maxine 2009

  • The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

    June 2009 Maxine 2009

  • The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

    Book review Maxine 2009

  • The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

    Books Maxine 2009

  • In 1904, she and Pierre saw the prospect for the financial support of their institute in Emile Armet de Lisle's attempts to market radium salts.

    Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna 2007

  • In a word Emile is possessed of all that portion of virtue which concerns himself.

    Emile Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745

  • Masked Marksman: 26 Corpse Without a Coffin - Emile C. Tepperman

    Superhero Prose Fiction: Hub - T'N'T Tezey and Trigger Blue Tyson 2008

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