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GONCOURT

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Overview

GONCOURT (noun)
  The noun GONCOURT has 2 senses:

1. French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)play

2. French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896)play

  Familiarity information: GONCOURT used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


GONCOURT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Goncourt; Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt; Jules de Goncourt

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))


Sense 2

Meaning:

French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edmond de Goncourt; Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt; Goncourt

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))


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