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VOLTAIRE
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• VOLTAIRE (noun)
The noun VOLTAIRE has 1 sense:
1. French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
Familiarity information: VOLTAIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Arouet; Francois-Marie Arouet; Voltaire
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Derivation:
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