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Definition of Brontë

1. Noun. English novelist; youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849).

2. Noun. English novelist; one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848).

3. Noun. English novelist; oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855).

Definition of Brontë

1. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name). ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname from=Ancient Greek) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brontë

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Literary usage of Brontë

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"Introductions to the Works are supplied by Mrs. HUMPHRY WARD, and an Introduction and Notes to Mrs. Gaskell's ' Life of Charlotte Bronte * by Mr. CLEMENT ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"CHARLOTTE BRONTE AND HER SISTERS (1816-1855) IHE least that can be said of Charlotte Bronte is that she is a unique figure in literature. ..."

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