Definition of George Sand

1. Noun. French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876).

Exact synonyms: Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, Sand
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of George Sand

George Lucas
George M. Cohan
George Macaulay Trevelyan
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George Michael Cohan
George Orson Welles
George Orwell
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George Paget Thomson
George Percy Aldridge Grainger
George Pitt
George S. Kaufman
George Sand (current term)
George Segal
George Simon Kaufman
George Stephenson
George Stevens
George Szell
George Town
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George VI
George Vancouver
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Literary usage of George Sand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"Sévère, the Vallée-Noire, the Indre, the Creuse ; how many a reader of George Sand must have desired, as I did, after frequenting them so much in thought, ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"George Sand To ELIZABETH HOAR From 'Memoirs': Paris, , 1847 You wished to hear of George Sand, or as they say in Paris, " Madame Sand. ..."

3. Catalogueby Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) by Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) (1884)
"Thomas, B. George Sand 1883 E 5187 Zimmern, H., &c. George Sand — The Duelling. Guide through all the Stages of a Marriage ; The Cabbage. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"George Sand, in her early works at any rate, combined both these two aspects. Influenced by the romanticist advocacy of the lyric note, of sentimental ..."

5. Mixed Essays by Matthew Arnold (1903)
"George Sand. THE months go round, and anniversaries return; on the ninth of June 1 George Sand will have been dead just one year. ..."

6. The Bookman (1915)
"Upon her return to Paris, George Sand, then plain Madame Dudevant, promptly greeted ... retorted George: Sand, waving the finished manuscript before him. ..."

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