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AUTEUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auteur mean?
• AUTEUR (noun)
The noun AUTEUR has 1 sense:
1. a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works
Familiarity information: AUTEUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("auteur" is a kind of...):
film maker; film producer; filmmaker; movie maker (a producer of motion pictures)
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