Brontë

[ bron-tee ]

noun

1. Anne Acton Bell, 1820–49, English novelist.
2. her sister Charlotte Currer Bell, 1816–55, English novelist.
3. her sister Emily Jane Ellis Bell, 1818–48, English novelist.

Brontë

/ ˈbrɒntɪ /

noun

1. BrontëAnne18201849FEnglishWRITING: novelist Anne , pen name Acton Bell . 1820–49, English novelist; author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1847)
2. BrontëCharlotte18161855FEnglishWRITING: novelist her sister, Charlotte , pen name Currer Bell . 1816–55, English novelist, author of Jane Eyre (1847), Villette (1853), and The Professor (1857)
3. BrontëEmily (Jane)18181848FEnglishWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet her sister, Emily ( Jane ), pen name Ellis Bell . 1818–48, English novelist and poet; author of Wuthering Heights (1847)

Example Sentences

Farrow talks about her acting career as though she were recalling a Charlotte Bronte novel about an insecure heroine surviving a series of dangerous scrapes and nefarious characters.

From Los Angeles Times

A memorial to the Brontë sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne has had diaereses added above the letter "e" of the authors' surname, 85 years after it was unveiled.

From BBC

The omission of the diaereses - two dots which indicate the pronunciation of the name - was spotted by historian Sharon Wright, editor of the Brontë Society Gazette, who raised the issue with the Dean of Westminster, Dr David Hoyle.

From BBC

"They didn't have the correct punctuation on the "e" so it sounded more like "Bront" not "Bronte"," she said.

From BBC

The Brontë name evolved from their father Patrick’s Irish surname of Prunty or Brunty when he entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1802.

From BBC