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GONCOURT
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• GONCOURT (noun)
The noun GONCOURT has 2 senses:
1. French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)
2. French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896)
Familiarity information: GONCOURT used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Goncourt; Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt; Jules de Goncourt
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edmond de Goncourt; Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt; Goncourt
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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