Definition of Poussin

1. Noun. French painter in the classical style (1594-1665).

Exact synonyms: Nicolas Poussin
Generic synonyms: Old Master

Definition of Poussin

1. Noun. A chicken reared to be eaten at a few weeks of age. ¹

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Definition of Poussin

1. a four to six weeks old chicken [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poussin

pourtrays
pourveyance
pourveyances
pous
pousada
pousadas
pousse
pousse-cafe
pousses
poussette
poussetted
poussettes
poussetting
poussie
poussies
poussin (current term)
poussins
poustie
poustinia
poustinias
poustinik
pout
pouted
pouter
pouter pigeon
pouters
poutful
pouther
pouthered
pouthers

Literary usage of Poussin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fortnightly Review (1872)
"ANDELY, in Normandy, was the birthplace of Nicolas poussin. ... poussin, born in 1694, was four years younger than Simon Vouet, the favourite painter of ..."

2. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1894)
"N. poussin, Bacchanalian dance. This is the best example of Nicholas poussin in ... 'This is the finest picture by poussin here. Seldom, perhaps, have the ..."

3. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1894)
"N. poussin, Bacchanalian dance. This is the best example of Nicholas poussin in ... "This is the finest picture by poussin here. Seldom, perhaps, have the ..."

4. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities by Shearjashub Spooner (1865)
"Next to correctness of drawing and dignity of conception, poussin valued ... poussin found all the students in Rome busily copying the Guido, which, ..."

5. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"poussin found himself under the necessity of beginning his undertaking with the ... poussin had studied the works of Titian, but his later productions are ..."

6. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"poussin 13. Jacob and Rachel . Murillo 11. Water M ill . 12. ... N. poussin 29. Cottage and Figures—D. Teniers 30. Landscape . . A.Vandervelde 31. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1885)
"64734 poussin. De la puissance Américaine. Origine,— Institutions ... The following is a translation : poussin. The United States ; its Power and Progress. ..."

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