Brontë

[ bron-tee ]

noun
  1. Anne "Acton Bell", 1820–49, English novelist.

  2. her sister, Charlotte "Currer Bell", 1816–55, English novelist.

  1. her sister, Emily Jane "Ellis Bell", 1818–48, English novelist.

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How to use Brontë in a sentence

  • But she's terr'ble famous, is Miss Bronte, now—an her sisters too, pore young women.

    The History of David Grieve | Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • All this Charlotte Bronte's townswoman told simply and garrulously, but she told it well because she had felt and seen.

    The History of David Grieve | Mrs. Humphry Ward

British Dictionary definitions for Brontë

Brontë

/ (ˈbrɒntɪ) /


noun
  1. Anne, pen name Acton Bell . 1820–49, English novelist; author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1847)

  2. her sister, Charlotte, pen name Currer Bell . 1816–55, English novelist, author of Jane Eyre (1847), Villette (1853), and The Professor (1857)

  1. her sister, Emily (Jane), pen name Ellis Bell . 1818–48, English novelist and poet; author of Wuthering Heights (1847)

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