Rossetti

[ roh-set-ee, -zet-ee, ruh- ]

/ roʊˈsɛt i, -ˈzɛt i, rə- /

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noun

Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.

her brother, Dante Gabriel Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, 1828–82, English poet and painter.

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How to use Rossetti in a sentence

Also, there was Mrs. Channing, gracious and exquisite, looking as if she had stepped out of one of Rossetti's poems.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
It was to make us acquainted with these forgotten singers that Mr. Rossetti wrote some years ago his charming book.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various
Mr. Rossetti has performed his task in a way to deserve the warmest praise.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various
Christina Rossetti goes out of her way to warn us against these dangerous grey haired attachments.
The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley

As Mr. Rossetti has noted in an exquisite sonnet, his mind remained always at liberty.
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing

British Dictionary definitions for Rossetti

Rossetti

/ (rɒˈzɛtɪ) /

noun

Christina Georgina . 1830–94, British poet

her brother, Dante Gabriel . 1828–82, British poet and painter: a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites

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