Dante Alighieri

Definitions of Dante Alighieri
  1. noun
    an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
    synonyms: Dante
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    a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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