Alfieri

American  

[ahl-fye-ree] / ɑlˈfyɛ ri /

noun

1. Count Vittorio 1749–1803, Italian dramatist and poet.

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Alfieri British  

/ alˈfjɛri /

noun

1. Count Vittorio (vitˈtɔːrjo). 1749–1803, Italian dramatist and poet, noted for his classical tragedies and political satires

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Example Sentences

Gonzales challenged Alfieri for saying he was voting against the Northern California racing, saying: “Last year you said let’s give it a year off. But you keep moving the goalposts.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

“Indeed, by any measure, he has been rewarded for his casual disdain of the values of open and responsible government,” Alfieri said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2023

"He has already resumed working," said Dr Alfieri.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

Hours after the surgery, Alfieri said that the scarring, which had resulted from previous abdominal surgeries, had been increasingly causing the pope pain.

From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Otherwise, it would have been interesting to compare the portraits painted of themselves by those four eminent Italian contemporaries—Goldoni, Gozzi, Casanova, and Alfieri.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo