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< /ˌɒn əˈreɪ də; French ɔ nɔˈreɪ də/, 1799–1850, French novelist.

noun

1. Honoré de (ɔnɔre də). 1799–1850, French novelist: author of a collection of novels under the general title La Comédie humaine, including Eugénie Grandet (1833), Le Père Goriot (1834), and La Cousine Bette (1846)