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Nerval

[ner-val] /nɛrˈval/
noun
1.
Gérard de
[zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/ (Show IPA), (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55, French writer.
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Nerval

/French nɛrval/
noun
1.
Gérard de (ʒerar də), real name Gérard Labrunie. 1808–55, French poet, noted esp for the sonnets of mysticism, myth, and private passion in Les Chimères (1854)
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