Hugo

[ hyoo-goh or, often, yoo-; French y-goh ]

/ ˈhyu goʊ or, often, ˈyu-; French üˈgoʊ /

noun

Vic·tor (Ma·rie, Viscount)

[vik-ter muh-ree; French veek-tawr ma-ree] /ˈvɪk tər məˈri; French vikˈtɔr maˈri/,1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for hugo

To believe the British press, it sounds like you were pursued pretty aggressively by writer-director Hugo Blick for this role.

‘The Honorable Woman’ Is Maggie Gyllenhaal's Best Performance Yet |Kevin Fallon |July 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We were at the end of the road, and we shot my last day and then Hugo said, “Remember, we have to do this voiceover.”

‘The Honorable Woman’ Is Maggie Gyllenhaal's Best Performance Yet |Kevin Fallon |July 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The four page boys listed in today's programme were Hugo Bertie, Viscount Aithrie, Charles Armstrong-Jones and Arthur Chatto.

Thump! Audible Crash As Queen's Page Boy Collapses At Opening of Parliament |Tom Sykes |June 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Hugo Weaving has also reportedly met for the role of “Imperial Commander.”

The Ultimate Guide to ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ |Marina Watts |March 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Echoing Hugo Chavez, they have vowed to make his revolution “irreversible.”

Venezuela Burns, Body Count Rises |Juan Nagel |March 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And if the convention was ignored, as it sometimes was, Hugo alone had the right to begin the ignoring of it.

Hugo |Arnold Bennett
Hugo's formula is now fallen out of mode, yet his plays have accomplished their threescore years and ten.

Inquiries and Opinions |Brander Matthews
He knew that views not unlike Hugo's were latent in many minds lacking Hugo's initiative that would respond to the right impulse.

The Last Shot |Frederick Palmer
And then Mats, quite mollified, was speaking in her artless way of Hugo Canning, who had so obviously been on her mind all along.

V. V.'s Eyes |Henry Sydnor Harrison
Hugo felt in him a certain aloofness, a detachment that checked his desire to throw himself into flamboyant conversation.

Gladiator |Philip Wylie

British Dictionary definitions for hugo

Hugo

/ (ˈhjuːɡəʊ, French yɡo) /

noun

Victor (Marie) (viktɔr). 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France. His works include the volumes of verse Les Feuilles d'automne (1831) and Les Contemplations (1856), the novels Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) and Les Misérables (1862), and the plays Hernani (1830) and Ruy Blas (1838)

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Example sentences from the Web for hugo

British Dictionary definitions for hugo

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