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ROSTAND
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• ROSTAND (noun)
The noun ROSTAND has 1 sense:
1. French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918)
Familiarity information: ROSTAND used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edmond Rostand; Rostand
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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