The second French Pleiad

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Meaning · English

Seven contem- porary poets m the reign of Louis XIII, very inferior to the "first Pleiad " They are Rapm, Comrmre, Larue, Santeuil, M6nage, Dupener, and Petit.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Bảy nhà thơ cùng thời trong triều đại của Louis XIII

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Common questions

What does “The second French Pleiad” mean?

Seven contem- porary poets m the reign of Louis XIII, very inferior to the "first Pleiad " They are Rapm, Comrmre, Larue, Santeuil, M6nage, Dupener, and Petit.

Is “The second French Pleiad” formal or informal?

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