Brontë

[ bron-tee ]

noun

1. Anne Acton Bell, 1820–49, English novelist.
2. her sister Charlotte Currer Bell, 1816–55, English novelist.
3. her sister Emily Jane Ellis Bell, 1818–48, English novelist.

Brontë

/ ˈbrɒntɪ /

noun

1. BrontëAnne18201849FEnglishWRITING: novelist Anne , pen name Acton Bell . 1820–49, English novelist; author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1847)
2. BrontëCharlotte18161855FEnglishWRITING: novelist her sister, Charlotte , pen name Currer Bell . 1816–55, English novelist, author of Jane Eyre (1847), Villette (1853), and The Professor (1857)
3. BrontëEmily (Jane)18181848FEnglishWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet her sister, Emily ( Jane ), pen name Ellis Bell . 1818–48, English novelist and poet; author of Wuthering Heights (1847)

Example Sentences

We can all thank Charlotte Bronte for that, and for the ultimate picture of a marriage beyond any hope of redemption.

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She is also sustained and inspired by the writings of Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Browning, and George Eliot.

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By the way, Cuffe, that would be a pretty figure for a despatch, and would make Bronte smile--ha!

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And he actually pledged Bronte for L6600 if there should be any difficulty about paying the bills.

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Noa—but they coom along o't' monument, an' Miss Bronte—Mrs. Nicholls, as should be, poor thing—rayder.'

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

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All this Charlotte Bronte's townswoman told simply and garrulously, but she told it well because she had felt and seen.

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