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Racine
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Ra·cine  (r-sn, r-)
A city of southeast Wisconsin on Lake Michigan south of Milwaukee. It is a port and manufacturing center. Population: 79,600.

Ra·cine  (r-sn, rä-), Jean Baptiste 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.

Racine (French) [rasin]
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(Biographies / Racine, Jean Baptiste (1639-1699) M, French, WRITING: poet, THEATRE: dramatist) Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist). 1639-99, French tragic poet and dramatist. His plays include Andromaque (1667), Bérénice (1670), and Phèdre (1677)
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Noun1.Racine - French advocate of JansenismRacine - French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)
2.Racine - a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee
Badger State, WI, Wisconsin - a midwestern state in north central United States


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