g de nerval

noun

Gé·rard de

[zhey-rar duh] , ( Gérard Labrunie ) 1808–55, French writer.

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Nerval (French nɛrval)

—n
	Gérard de (ʒerar də), real name Gérard Labrunie. 1808--55, French poet, noted esp for the sonnets of mysticism, myth, and private passion in Les Chimères (1854)

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