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FLAUBERT
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• FLAUBERT (noun)
The noun FLAUBERT has 1 sense:
1. French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
Familiarity information: FLAUBERT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Flaubert; Gustave Flaubert
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
“‘L’homme c’est rien—l’œuvre c’est tout,’ as Gustave Flaubert wrote to George Sand.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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