The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beguin \Be`guin"\, n. [F.] See Beghard. [1913 Webster] ||
Wikipedia
Béguin (or Beguin) is a French surname, which may refer to:
- Albert Béguin (1901–1957), Swiss academic and translator
- André Béguin, (born 1897), Swiss war criminal and commandant of the World War II Wauwilermoos internment camp
- Bernard Béguin (born 1947), French rally driver
- Daniel Béguin, French politician
- Jean Beguin (1550–1620), French iatrochemist
- Louis Beguin-Billecocq (1865–1957), French diplomat and entomologist
- Marie Anne Isler Béguin (surname Isler Béguin, born 1956), French politician
Usage examples of "beguin".
From Gygi, the solitary gendarme, to Henri Beguin, who mended boots, but had the greater distinction that he was the only man Gygi ever arrested, for periodical wild behaviour --all knew that 'Cousin Henry, father's cousin, you know,' was expected to arrive in the evening, that he was an important person in the life of London, and that he was not exactly a _pasteur_, yet shared something of a clergyman's grave splendour.
Outside, the Pleiades were rising in the sky, and somewhere in Bourcelles--in the rooms above Beguin's shop, to be exact--some one was waiting, ready to come over to the Den.
Cadderly stared helplessly at his squirrellike limbs, without the slightest idea of how to beguin to reverse the process.