mécène

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[edit] Etymology

From Mécène (“Maecenas”), a Roman advisor (70 BC - 8 BC) and important patron for the Augustan poets.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mesɛn/

[edit] Noun

mécène m. (plural mécènes)

  1. patron (of arts)

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