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PETRARCH

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Overview

PETRARCH (noun)
  The noun PETRARCH has 1 sense:

1. an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


PETRARCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Francesco Petrarca; Petrarca; Petrarch

Instance hypernyms:

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


 Context examples 


And now here is my pocket Petrarch, and not another word shall I say of this case until we are on the scene of action.

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



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