Belloc

American  

[bel-uhk, -ok] / ˈbɛl ək, -ɒk /

noun

1. Hilaire 1870–1953, English essayist, poet, and satirist, born in France.

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Belloc British  

/ ˈbɛlɒk /

noun

1. Hilaire (ˈhɪlɛə, hɪˈlɛə). 1870–1953, British poet, essayist, and historian, born in France, noted particularly for his verse for children in The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) and Cautionary Tales (1907)

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Example Sentences

The early 20th Century poet Hilaire Belloc wrote of the "lovely" Evenlode and how it bound his heart to English ground.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2022

What would Belloc have thought of my father, who, in order to reduce the weight of the paperbacks he read on airplanes, tore off the chapters he had completed and threw them in the trash?

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2020

The writer Hilaire Belloc once described Notre Dame as a matriarch whose authority is familiar, tacit and silent.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2020

In January, during a speech before a group of booksellers in Venice, he likened Amazon to the boy-devouring lion in “Jim,” a poem by Hilaire Belloc.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2019

Belloc explained his meaning to the lay mind.

From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)