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RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE
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• RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE (noun)
The noun RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE has 1 sense:
1. English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)
Familiarity information: RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
D'Oyly Carte; Richard D'Oyly Carte
Instance hypernyms:
impresario; promoter; showman (a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments)
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