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Definition of Better-known
1. Adjective. More familiar or renowned than the other of two. "The better-known book of the two"
Definition of Better-known
1. Adjective. (comparative of well-known) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Better-known
Literary usage of Better-known
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"However, the reason why the rays emerging from the drops of water are variously
coloured was no better known by Descartes than by Aristotle; it remained for ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"... is “ better known as Walking Stuart.” Pray inform the readers of that Journal
that there is as little resemblance between Athenian Stuart and Walking ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"He is, however, better known as a bookbinder, and numbers of stamped bindings
are in existence which bear his device. They have, as a rule, ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"Mrs. Fisher, better known to the booktrade as "Dorothy Canfield," the author
of "The Squirrel Cage," said some things that were new about the novel in ..."
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