/mawrdd nay"/ for 1; /mawr nay"/ for 2 , n.
1. Also called Duplessis-Mornay. Philippe de /fee leep" deuh/ , Seigneur du Plessis-Marly /se nyuerdd" dyuu ple see mannrdd lee"/ , ( "Pope of the Huguenots" ), 1549-1623, French statesman and Protestant leader.
2. ( often l.c. ) Also called Mornay sauce . a béchamel, or white sauce, containing cheese, esp. Parmesan and Gruyère.