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GENET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Genet mean? 

GENET (noun)
  The noun GENET has 3 senses:

1. French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)play

2. French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)play

3. agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tailplay

  Familiarity information: GENET used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Citizen Genet; Edmund Charles Edouard Genet; Genet

Instance hypernyms:

diplomat; diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)


Sense 2

Meaning:

French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Genet; Jean Genet

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

novelist (one who writes novels)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genet; Genetta genetta

Hypernyms ("genet" is a kind of...):

viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)

Holonyms ("genet" is a member of...):

Genetta; genus Genetta (genets)


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