Hooft

/ (Dutch hoːft) /

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noun

Pieter Corneliszoon (ˈpiːtər kɔrˈnɛːlisoːn). 1581–1647, Dutch poet, historian, and writer: noted esp for his love poetry and his 27-volume History of the Netherlands (1626–47)

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Words nearby Hooft

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How to use Hooft in a sentence

Hooft was essentially a student and a scholar; a thinker rather than a fighter.
Vondel's Lucifer|Joost van den Vondel
Spiegel was followed by a more celebrated poet, Peter Hooft, who gave sweetness and harmony to Dutch verse.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
Quite a contrast was the young aristocrat, Peter Cornelius Hooft, of whom we have already spoken.
Vondel's Lucifer|Joost van den Vondel
Hooft was a patrician of the patricians, and was the most accomplished and elegant man of his day, the first gentleman of his age.
Vondel's Lucifer|Joost van den Vondel

She continued her relations with the charming circle of her admirers, and corresponded with Hooft in Italian.
Vondel's Lucifer|Joost van den Vondel