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ROSTAND

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Overview

ROSTAND (noun)
  The noun ROSTAND has 1 sense:

1. French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


ROSTAND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edmond Rostand; Rostand

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

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


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