de Lesseps


de Les·seps

D0110000 (də lĕs′əps, lĕ-sĕps′), Vicomte Ferdinand Marie. See Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps.

de Lesseps

(French də lɛsɛps) n (Biography) Vicomte Ferdinand Marie (fɛrdinɑ̃ mari). 1805–94, French diplomat: directed the construction of the Suez Canal (1859–69) and the unsuccessful first attempt to build the Panama Canal (1881–89)

de Les•seps

(dəˈlɛs ɛps)
n. Vicomte Ferdinand Marie, Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de.