Daudet

[ doh-dey, daw-; French doh-de ]

noun
  1. Al·phonse [al-fawns], /alˈfɔ̃s/, 1840–97, French novelist and short-story writer.

  2. his son, Lé·on [ley-awn], /leɪˈɔ̃/, 1867–1942, French journalist and novelist.

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How to use Daudet in a sentence

  • This trait in the man of the Midi is one that Daudet has brought out humorously in the Tartarin books.

    Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
  • They make you think of Daudet's statement concerning the man of the south, "When he is not talking, he is not thinking."

    Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
  • Daudet approved of the Félibrige movement, though what he himself wrote in Provençal is insignificant.

    Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
  • Daudet drew on his experiences, and on the notes he was always accumulating, more strenuously than he should have done.

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
  • After the war, Daudet reappeared in Paris, greatly strengthened and ripened by his hermit-existence in the heart of Provence.

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet

British Dictionary definitions for Daudet

Daudet

/ (French dodɛ) /


noun
  1. Alphonse (alfɔ̃s). 1840–97, French novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist: noted particularly for his humorous sketches of Provençal life, as in Lettres de mon moulin (1866)

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