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HOFFMANNSTHAL
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• HOFFMANNSTHAL (noun)
The noun HOFFMANNSTHAL has 1 sense:
1. German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929)
Familiarity information: HOFFMANNSTHAL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hoffmannsthal; Hugo von Hoffmannsthal
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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