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GENET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail

Synonyms:

genet; Genetta genetta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genet" is a kind of...):

viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)

Holonyms ("genet" is a member of...):

Genetta; genus Genetta (genets)

Sense 2

Meaning:

French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)

Synonyms:

Genet; Jean Genet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

novelist (one who writes novels)

Sense 3

Meaning:

French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)

Synonyms:

Citizen Genet; Edmund Charles Edouard Genet; Genet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

diplomat; diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)

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