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PETRARCH
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• PETRARCH (noun)
The noun PETRARCH has 1 sense:
1. an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)
Familiarity information: PETRARCH used as a noun is very rare.
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))
Context examples
And now here is my pocket Petrarch, and not another word shall I say of this case until we are on the scene of action.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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