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HUGO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
Synonyms:
Hugo; Victor-Marie Hugo; Victor Hugo
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
novelist (one who writes novels)
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Context examples:
Having warbled his thanks and put the potions in his boots, Hugo departed, and Hagar informed the audience that as he had killed a few of her friends in times past, she had cursed him, and intends to thwart his plans, and be revenged on him.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Another chant from Hagar produced another apparition, not a lovely one, for with a bang an ugly black imp appeared and, having croaked a reply, tossed a dark bottle at Hugo and disappeared with a mocking laugh.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I don't care if Hugo does come at me with a pistol, returned Amy, who was not gifted with dramatic power, but was chosen because she was small enough to be borne out shrieking by the villain of the piece.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Hugo, getting thirsty after a long warble, drinks it, loses his wits, and after a good deal of clutching and stamping, falls flat and dies, while Hagar informs him what she has done in a song of exquisite power and melody.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
