Racine,
Jean Baptiste 1639-99; Fr. poet & dramatist
city in SE Wis., on Lake Michigan: pop. 82,000
See Racine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rə-sēnˈ, rā-)
A city of southeast Wisconsin on Lake Michigan south of Milwaukee. It is a port and manufacturing center. Population: 79,600.
(rə-sēnˈ, rä-), Jean Baptiste 1639-1699.
French playwright. The greatest tragedian of the French classical period, he based his works, such as Britannicus (1669) and Phèdre (1677), on classical Greek and Roman themes.