Crusoe

[ kroo-soh ]

noun

1. Robinson. Robinson Crusoe.

Crusoe

/ -zəʊ; ˈkruːsəʊ /

noun

1. Robinson Crusoe
   See Robinson Crusoe

Example Sentences

“I believe my son is still on the flight, that he’s still around. Or he is living on a remote island like Robinson Crusoe,” Li said, in a reference to his son’s favorite book.

From Seattle Times

A chocolate pot was even mentioned in Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, in which the hero left muskets behind on the shipwreck in favour of "a Fire Shovel and Tongs, which I wanted extremely; as also two little Brass Kettles, a Copper Pot to make Chocolate, and a Gridiron".

From BBC

Through multiple perspectives, the film casts Chau’s story in the broader context of colonial adventurism, and the cultural sway of what Moss calls “fantasy projections of the Western conception of Indigenous culture,” not exempting National Geographic, which produced it, or the explorer fictions that captivated Chau as a child, like “Robinson Crusoe” and the Belgian comic “The Adventures of Tintin.”

From Los Angeles Times

He also played opposite Peter O'Toole's Robinson Crusoe in "Man Friday" in 1975 and alongside Laurence Olivier's depiction of General Douglas MacArthur in 1981's "Inchon".

From Reuters

His 1986 novel “Foe” reimagines both “Robinson Crusoe” and its creator, Daniel Defoe.

From Los Angeles Times