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MELIN SAINT-GELAIS

\mˈɛlɪn sˈe͡ɪntd͡ʒˈɛle͡ɪ], \mˈɛlɪn sˈe‍ɪntd‍ʒˈɛle‍ɪ], \m_ˈɛ_l_ɪ_n s_ˈeɪ_n_t_dʒ_ˈɛ_l_eɪ]\

Definitions of MELIN SAINT-GELAIS

1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern

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A French lyric poet; born at Angouleme, Nov. 3, 1487; died at Paris, 1558. He affected the Italian forms of poetry, - the terza rima and sonnet, - and was the first French poet to write madrigals.

1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
By Charles Dudley Warner

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