Definition of Carmen

1. Proper noun. (Spanish female given name) borrowed from Spanish in the nineteenth century. ¹

2. Proper noun. (qualifier dated) (Italian male given name), an Anglicization of the (etyl it) (term Carmine lang=es). (Less common than the female name). ¹

3. Noun. (plural of carman) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carmen

1. carman [n] - See also: carman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carmen

carlots
carls
carlsbergite
carmagnole
carmagnoles
carmaker
carmakers
carmaking
carmalum
carman
carman meniscus sign
carmelize
carmelized
carmelizes
carmelizing
carmen
carmen figuratum
carmichaelite
carminate
carminated
carminative
carminatives
carmine
carmined
carmines
carminic
carminic acid
carminite
carminomycin 4-O-methyltransferase
carminophil

Literary usage of Carmen

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

1. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
""Carmen" appeared at a time when Wagnerian theories of opera were bringing ... Bizet regarded " Carmen'' as his magnum op/es, and he was distressed at its ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Carmen de Genesi: A fragmentary composition in hexameters, often printed in the works ... Carmen de Judicio Domini, or Ad Flavium Felicem de resurrectione ..."

3. The Victor Book of the Opera by Henry William Simon (1915)
"Carmen was produced in 1875, and this most Parisian of all operatic works was received at its production with a storm of abuse. ..."

4. The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: Comprising Two Hundred and Sixty-eight by Leo Leop Melitz (1921)
"Carmen Opera in four acts by Bizet. Text by Meilhac and Halevy, founded on the novel of Prosper Merimee. CAST: Zuniga, lieutenant—Basso. ..."

5. The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of Seventy Grand Operas with Three by Victor Talking Machine Company (1912)
"Carmen was produced in 1875, and this most Parisian of all operatic works ... Nevertheless, the supreme merits of Carmen have won it a place among the two ..."

6. The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of Seventy Grand Operas with Three by Victor Talking Machine Company (1912)
"Carmen was produced in 1875, and this most Parisian of all operatic works was received at its production with a storm of abuse. ..."

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