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GEORGE SAND
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• GEORGE SAND (noun)
The noun GEORGE SAND has 1 sense:
1. French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
Familiarity information: GEORGE SAND used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin; Baroness Dudevant; George Sand; Sand
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
“‘L’homme c’est rien—l’œuvre c’est tout,’ as Gustave Flaubert wrote to George Sand.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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