camus

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)

And Sarsfield and O’Donnell, duke of Tetuan in Spain, and Ulysses Browne of Camus that was fieldmarshal to Maria Teresa. — Ulysses, James Joyce
Among these may be mentioned, as having beyond doubt existed, firstly, the coach invented by M. Camus for the amusement of Louis XIV when a child. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
Is not the greatest thief in the world, Monsieur (the king’s secretary) Le Camus, who came to Paris with twenty francs in his pocket and who now possesses ten millions?” The dog shook his head. — Twenty years after, Alexandre Dumas

Albert Camus

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