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D'OYLY CARTE

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Overview

D'OYLY CARTE (noun)
  The noun D'OYLY CARTE has 1 sense:

1. English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)play

  Familiarity information: D'OYLY CARTE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


D'OYLY CARTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

D'Oyly Carte; Richard D'Oyly Carte

Instance hypernyms:

impresario; promoter; showman (a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments)


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