Definition of Pasternak

1. Noun. Russian writer whose best known novel was banned by Soviet authorities but translated and published abroad (1890-1960).

Exact synonyms: Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, Boris Pasternak
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasternak

Pastafarian
Pastafarianism
Pastafarians
Pasternak (current term)
Pasteur
Pasteur's effect
Pasteur effect
Pasteur pipette
Pasteur pipettes
Pasteur vaccine
Pasteurella anatipestifer
Pasteurella novicida
Pasteurella pestis
Pasteurella pfaffii
Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis
Pasteurella septicaemiae
Pasteurella tularensis
Pasteurian

Literary usage of Pasternak

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

1. A.L.A. Portrait Index: Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and by American Library Association (1906)
"Pasternak p.* (with Gué) —75:539. Repin p.* —75:540. Pasternak del.* PALL MALL mag. (1903) 30:485.* R. or rev. (1890) 2:699. Repin p.* —(1901) 24¡front. ..."

2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"Reasoning by analogy, the assumption is made by Arnaud and Pasternak that a ... From the data given by Arnaud and Pasternak the composition of the mixture ..."

3. Select Cases on Code Pleading by Austin Abbott (1895)
"that the said firm was composed of the defendants and one 2 Bernard Pasternak, and that the latter should have been made a party defendant. ..."

4. The Cold War in Asia by Cold War International History Project (1996)
"The Secretary of the Khabarovsk City committee of the CPSU, comrade VS Pasternak, made a similar remark, describing Sino-Soviet relations as "increasingly ..."

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