FRAGONARD

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

1. French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806)

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

• FRAGONARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Fragonard; Jean Honore Fragonard

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

 Context examples 

Sketches of boxers, of ballet-girls, and of racehorses alternated with a sensuous Fragonard, a martial Girardet, and a dreamy Turner.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)