Robinson Crusoe
(in a novel by Defoe) a mariner of York who is shipwrecked and lives adventurously for years on a small island.
(italics) the novel itself (1719).
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How to use Robinson Crusoe in a sentence
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Robinson Crusoe lost a day in his illness: I have lost a faculty, for which loss Heaven be praised!'
The Well-Beloved | Thomas Hardy
Then I would imagine myself all alone on the ocean, and Robinson Crusoe was very real to me.
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How to be Happy Though Married | E. J. Hardy.I was spoken of as a man of restless spirit and of romantic proclivities, and I was gazed upon as some modern Robinson Crusoe.
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British Dictionary definitions for Robinson Crusoe
the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), who survived being shipwrecked on a desert island
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Cultural definitions for Robinson Crusoe
(1719) A novel by the English author Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone on an uninhabited island. With great ingenuity and energy, Crusoe sets out to civilize his surroundings: he clothes himself, grows crops, and builds and furnishes a house. Eventually, he has the company of his servant, Friday, a man he has saved from cannibals. Crusoe is finally rescued after spending twenty-eight years on the island.
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