HUGO

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

1. French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)

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

• HUGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hugo; Victor-Marie Hugo; Victor Hugo

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

novelist (one who writes novels)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

 Context examples 

The only men worth considering are Adolph Mayer, of 13, Great George Street, Westminster; Louis La Rothière, of Campden Mansions, Notting Hill; and Hugo Oberstein, 13, Caulfield Gardens, Kensington.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Act third was the castle hall, and here Hagar appeared, having come to free the lovers and finish Hugo.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The prehistoric hurricanes were likely category 3 storms (such as Hurricane Katrina) or category 4 storms (Hurricane Hugo) that would be catastrophic if they hit the region today.

(Monster hurricanes struck U.S. Northeast during prehistoric periods of ocean warming, NSF)

What would make a quantum computer so powerful is its ability to scale exponentially, said co-author Hugo Lepage, a PhD candidate in Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory, who performed the theoretical work for the current study.

(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)

The servant takes Hugo aside to tell him something, and Hagar changes the cups for two others which are harmless.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Mr. Hugo Oberstein, of 13, Caulfield Gardens, had become my objective.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hugo demanded a potion to make Zara adore him, and one to destroy Roderigo.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Roderigo rent his chains asunder manfully, and Hugo died in agonies of remorse and arsenic, with a wild, "Ha! Ha!"

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The gruff tones of Hugo's voice, with an occasional shout when his feelings overcame him, were very impressive, and the audience applauded the moment he paused for breath.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A moment was allowed for the first thrill to subside, then Hugo, the villain, stalked in with a clanking sword at his side, a slouching hat, black beard, mysterious cloak, and the boots.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)