Hugo

[hyoo-goh, yoo-, y-goh]

noun

1. Victor (Marie, Viscount) 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.

2. a male given name.

Hugo

/ ˈhjuːɡəʊ, yɡo /

noun

1. Victor ( Marie ) (viktɔr). 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France. His works include the volumes of verse Les Feuilles d'automne (1831) and Les Contemplations (1856), the novels Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) and Les Misérables (1862), and the plays Hernani (1830) and Ruy Blas (1838)

Example Sentences

Daly had impressed in the early stages of the Lions' tour to Australia this summer and, with Ireland rival Hugo Keenan struggling with sickness, had staked his claim as a possible starting Test full-back.

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But in Miss Penelope Lumley’s day, Mr. Hugo’s masterpiece had not yet been written.

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That’s when President Mel Zelaya tried to bulldoze term limits—using referendum ballots printed and shipped into the country by Hugo Chávez—so he could run for a constitutionally prohibited second term.

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Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who represents District 13, is pushing for regulations that would prohibit the Los Angeles Police Department from using “kinetic energy projectiles” or “chemical agents” unless officers are threatened with physical violence.

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“The last one’s for you, Hugo,” the director said.

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