RACINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Racine mean? 

• RACINE (noun)
  The noun RACINE has 2 senses:

1. French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)

2. a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee

  Familiarity information: RACINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jean Baptiste Racine; Jean Racine; Racine

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Racine" is a part of...):

Badger State; WI; Wis.; Wisc.; Wisconsin (a midwestern state in north central United States)