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- n. A male given name of Italian origin, presumably in honor of the poet.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
Examples
“Pray publish the Dante and the _Pulci_ (the _Prophecy of Dante_, I mean).”
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals
“Just yesterday as I was having my coffee I looked up and there on the TV was Pierce Brosnan in Dante's Peak, a volcano erupting in the middle of everyone's "normal" lives.”
“The passage comes from the last few lines of the Inferno, just as Dante is preparing to leave Hell.”
Dinaw Mengestu discusses many aspects of his first novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
“He was a specialist in Dante, whom he loved supremely.”
“So when I made them notice, in Dante's language, that that was a fraud I got this answer: You should have immediately told us you were Italian.”
Global Voices in English » Japan: Reactions to the Japanese tourist rip-off in Italy
“As he demonstrated in his two Gremlins movies and Small Soldiers, Joe Dante is a master of that niche market, the horror movie for the whole family.”
“Since Dante is a compendium of the middle ages, bringing together its theology and philosophy as well as its poetry, liturgy and music, this was more that a well-turned phrase.”
“When did you first become interested in Dante Alighieri?”
“Now that Dante is a muscular demon-ass-kicker instead of a humbled poet, what other books could be ready for the first person shooter treatment?”
“Each one, like the souls in Dante, wearing cloaks and hoods of lead;”
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