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Noun: Chateaubriand  sha-tow-bree'aan
  1. French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848)
    - François Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand
     
  2. A very thick centre cut of beef tenderloin

Type of: author, filet, fillet, national leader, statesman, statesperson, writer

Encyclopedia: Chateaubriand, François-René