de Beau ‧ voir, Si ‧ mone /də ˈbəʊvwɑːʳ $ -bəʊˈvwɑːr, siːˈməʊn/ BrE AmE
(1908–86) a French writer, thought by some to be the mother of ↑ feminist writing. She had a ↑ relationship with the philosopher and writer Jean-Paul ↑ Sartre which lasted until Sartre died in 1980.