Alarcón

[ ah-lahr-kawn ]

noun

1. Pe·dro An·to·nio [pe, -, th, r, aw ahn-, taw, -nyaw], Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza, 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.

Alarcón

/ alarˈkon /

noun

1. AlarcónPedro Antonio de18331891MSpanishWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)

Example Sentences

“I guess they went to DSM-IV, but perhaps did not know about DSM-5,” Alarcon said with a laugh.

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Coronado was made general of the land forces, and Hernando de Alarcon was placed in charge of the ships.

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So far as rendering Coronado any assistance was concerned, Alarcon might as well have been on the coast of Africa.

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At any rate, Alarcon and Coronado fully expected to be in touch much of the time.

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But Alarcon was not of a retreating disposition; the fierce Colorado had now met its first conqueror.

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But it was an unknown quantity at the time of Alarcon's visit, so far as white men were concerned.

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