Estienne

Estienne [es-tyen] Examples noun

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

Examples from the Web for estienne Historical Examples of estienne

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

William Roberts

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

Joseph Cundall

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

John Herbert Slater

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

Thomas Okey

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

P. H. Ditchfield

British Dictionary definitions for estienne Estienne tienne noun

a family of French printers, scholars, and dealers in books, including Henri (ɑ̃ri), ?1460–1520, who founded the printing business in Paris, his son Robert (rɔbɛr), 1503–59, and his grandson Henri, 1528–98