Pierre Corneille

Definitions of Pierre Corneille
  1. noun
    French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)
    synonyms: Corneille
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    dramatist, dramaturge, playwright
    someone who writes plays
    poet
    a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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