| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Racine, Jean Baptiste |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ra·cine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -s n , rä- |
| DATES: | 1639–1699 |
| French playwright. The greatest tragedian of the French classical period, he based his works, such as Britannicus (1669) and Phèdre (1677), on classical Greek and Roman themes.
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