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Graustark

American  
[grou-stahrk, graw-] / ˈgraʊ stɑrk, ˈgrɔ- /

noun

  1. a novel (1901) by George Barr McCutcheon about the romantic and melodramatic adventures of military and courtly figures in the fictional kingdom of Graustark.


Other Word Forms

  • Graustarkian adjective

Example Sentences

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And even Graustark is betrayed: moviegoers willing to take swashbuckling romance on its own easygoing terms are likely to chafe at the film's portentous pace and the political airs it puts on.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kraft's version emerged as pure Graustark, with not a Communist in sight.

From Time Magazine Archive

Baeza went to the whip, and Graustark came on hard.

From Time Magazine Archive

George Barr McCutcheon, 62, famed romancer, author of the Graustark saga; of heart disease; at luncheon with his friends in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week it had been Beverly of Graustark and the same two weeks before that.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith