Dufresny, Charles Rivière, French dramatist, a universal genius, devoted to both literature and the arts; held in high esteem by Louis XIV.; wrote a number of comedies, revealing a man of the world, instinct with wit, and careless of style (1648‒1724).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Dufresny * Dugdale, Sir William