Definition of Andersen

1. Noun. A Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875).

Exact synonyms: Hans Christian Andersen
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Andersen

Andean
Andean cat
Andean cats
Andean condor
Andean flamingo
Andean flamingos
Andean tinamou
Andean tinamous
Andeans
Andegerebinha
Andernach's ossicles
Anders' disease
Anders Celsius
Andersch's ganglion
Andersch's nerve
Andersen
Andersen's disease
Anderson
Anderson-Collip test
Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty
Anderson and Goldberger test
Anderson splint
Anderton
Andes
Andhra Pradesh
Andi
Andira inermis
Andoa
Andorra
Andorra la Vella

Literary usage of Andersen

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

1. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"Among the more elaborate biographies the Life of Hans Christian andersen by R. Nisbet ... However, andersen has been very fortunate in his many translators. ..."

2. The Dickens Circle: A Narrative of the Novelist's Friendships by James William Thomas Ley (1919)
"That can scarcely be said of andersen. He was of a morbid turn of mind, ... Ten years later andersen stayed at Gadshill, and then he was in paradise. ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"... and Winther were lyrists, andersen the world- famous fabulist, while Hertz and Paludan-Miiller excelled in almost all branches of the art of poetry. ..."

4. Finding List of Fairy Tales and Folk Stories in Books at the Branches of the ...by Boston Public Library, Louise Prouty by Boston Public Library, Louise Prouty (1908)
"andersen. Fairy tales. Y 200.3 Pr 1229.2 LANG. Yellow fairy book. ... andersen. Wonder stories. Y 200.4 Nis at the grocer's. — Wonder stories. Y 200.4 LANG. ..."

5. At Home and Abroad: A Sketch-book of Life, Scenery and Men by Bayard Taylor (1862)
"HANS CHRISTIAN andersen. HANS CHRISTIAN andersen is one of the few fortunate authors whose works are racy with the peculiar flavor of their native soil, ..."

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