Baudelaire

[ bohd-l-air; French bohduh-ler ]

noun
  1. Charles Pierre [sharl pyer], /ʃarl pyɛr/, 1821–67, French poet and critic.

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How to use Baudelaire in a sentence

  • It portrays Baudelaire as he is very little known, and as he was only at that particular time.

    Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
  • Charles Baudelaire had his hour of supreme beauty and perfect expansion, and we relate it after this faithful witness.

    Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
  • Such was our impression of Baudelaire at our first meeting, the memory of which is as vivid as though it had occurred yesterday.

    Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
  • Shortly after this first meeting Baudelaire came to see us and brought a volume of his verses.

    Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
  • No one, even at the time of fervour for romanticism, had more respect and adoration for the great masters than Baudelaire.

    Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier

British Dictionary definitions for Baudelaire

Baudelaire

/ (French bodlɛr) /


noun
  1. Charles Pierre (ʃarl pjɛr). 1821–67, French poet, noted for his macabre imagery; author of Les fleurs du mal (1857)

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