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HORATIO HORNBLOWER
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• HORATIO HORNBLOWER (noun)
The noun HORATIO HORNBLOWER has 1 sense:
1. a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester
Familiarity information: HORATIO HORNBLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Captain Horatio Hornblower; Horatio Hornblower
Instance hypernyms:
character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))
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