Definitions for Estienne

Estienne Es·tienne

Spelling: [es-tyen]
IPA: /ɛsˈtyɛn/

Estienne is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in Estienne (eeeinnst).

Definitions for Estienne

noun

  1. Also, Étienne. a family of French printers, book dealers, and scholars, including especially Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA) died 1520; his son, Robert [raw-ber] /rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA) 1503?–59; Henri, (son of Robert), 1531?–98.
  2. a French printing firm founded by this family.

Examples for Estienne

On the other hand, the Estienne, Giunta, and Plantin presses are comparatively neglected.

The Estienne or Etienne family is probably the most important and interesting of the sixteenth century printers of Paris.

Though they printed for the King, both Naebor and Estienne had their own private printing offices.

His family name was Estienne, but, according to the fashion of the time, he used the Latin form of the word.

All the Estienne household, even the children, conversed in Latin, and the very servants are said to have grown used to it.

Estienne's goodness of heart as well as his knowledge were matters of common repute.

These are the famous royal types—typi regii—as Estienne did not fail to indicate on the title-pages of his works.

Estienne was, next to Aldo Manuzio of Venice, the most learned of printers, and deserves to be held in due reverence.

For real scholarly merit the editions of Gryphius or Estienne are much to be preferred, but this makes no difference.

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