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| Main Entry: | historical novel |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See historical fiction |
| Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7) Copyright © 2003-2008 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC |
Historical novel
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historical novel
–noun
| a narrative in novel form, characterized chiefly by an imaginative reconstruction of historical events and personages. |
[Origin: 1820–30
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] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
| historical novel
n. A novel that re-creates a period or event in history and often uses historical figures as some of its characters. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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