Definition of Chateaubriand

1. Noun. French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848).


2. Noun. A very thick center cut of beef tenderloin.
Generic synonyms: Filet, Fillet

Definition of Chateaubriand

1. Noun. A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin. ¹

2. Noun. (form of alternative form chateaubriand) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chateaubriand

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chateaubriand

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chatchkas
chatchke
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chate
chateau
chateaubriand (current term)
chateaubriands
chateaulike
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chatelet
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chatfests

Literary usage of Chateaubriand

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

1. The Masters of Modern French Criticism by Irving Babbitt (1912)
"The relationship to Rousseau is the common bond between chateaubriand and Byron. ... They also differ from one another in that chateaubriand championed the ..."

2. The Masters of Modern French Criticism by Irving Babbitt (1912)
"Ill chateaubriand THE English writer with whom chateaubriand is most often compared, with whom indeed he compares himself, is Byron. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... for all works on chateaubriand appearing prior to 1890 one may generally consult ... Essai d'une bibliographie de chateaubriand (Vannes, 1896); ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"They listened eagerly to chateaubriand, who from London had long been preaching to them a policy of war that might add to the solid rather than dazzling ..."

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