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PETRARCA

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PETRARCA (noun)
  The noun PETRARCA has 1 sense:

1. an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)play

  Familiarity information: PETRARCA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


PETRARCA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Francesco Petrarca; Petrarca; Petrarch

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))


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