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Rostand

[ raws-tahn ]

noun

  1. Ed·mond [ed-, mawn], 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.


Rostand

/ rɔstɑ̃ /

noun

  1. RostandEdmond18681918MFrenchWRITING: playwrightWRITING: poet Edmond (ɛdmɔ̃). 1868–1918, French playwright and poet in the romantic tradition; best known for his verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Lovelorn Cyrano may not have exactly been a player, but Rostand certainly understood the game.

Maeterlinck has written a fairy story for children; Rostand a satire for grown people.

Notwithstanding even his tremendous abilities, Rostand and the critics discovered that he was not the man for the part.

We met a great many agreeable people, among whom was the poet Rostand (he is the brother-in-law of the attaché).

Rostand was very talkative, and I enjoyed, more than words can tell, my conversation with him.

A muse so rich in the improbable as M. Rostand's need not borrow a piece of supernaturalness from anybody.

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