Ca ‧ mus, Al ‧ bert /kæˈmjuː, ˈælbeəʳ $ ælˈbeər/ BrE AmE
(1913–60) a French ↑ existentialist writer and ↑ philosopher who believed that life has no meaning, but that people can still be happy. He is best known for his novels L'Étranger (1942) and La Peste (1948).