BALZAC

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• BALZAC (noun)
  The noun BALZAC has 1 sense:

1. French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850)

  Familiarity information: BALZAC used as a noun is very rare.

• BALZAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Balzac; Honore Balzac; Honore de Balzac

Instance hypernyms:

novelist (one who writes novels)

Derivation:

Balzacian (of or relating to Honore de Balzac or his writings)

 Context examples 

"You look like Balzac's 'Femme Peinte Par Elle-Meme'," he said, as he fanned her with one hand and held her coffee cup in the other.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Absolutely no clue in them to Mr. Angel, save that he quotes Balzac once.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)