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GENET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail
Synonyms:
genet; Genetta genetta
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genet" is a kind of...):
viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)
Holonyms ("genet" is a member of...):
Genetta; genus Genetta (genets)
Sense 2
Meaning:
French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)
Synonyms:
Genet; Jean Genet
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
novelist (one who writes novels)
Sense 3
Meaning:
French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
Synonyms:
Citizen Genet; Edmund Charles Edouard Genet; Genet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
diplomat; diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)
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