Orczy
[ awrt-see ]
/ ˈɔrt si /
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noun
Em·mus·ka [em-moosh-ko], /ˈɛm mʊʃ kɒ/, Baroness, 1865–1947, English novelist, born in Hungary.
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Baroness Orczy is to be congratulated on a distinctly ingenious idea.
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British Dictionary definitions for Orczy
Orczy
/ (ˈɔːtsɪ) /
noun
Baroness Emmuska (ˈɛmʊʃkə). 1865–1947, British novelist, born in Hungary; author of The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
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