commissaire maigret

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   a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon

   SynonymsInspector Maigret

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about commissaire maigret

What does commissaire maigret mean?

commissaire maigret means "a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon".

What is another word for commissaire maigret?

Close synonyms include Inspector Maigret. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is commissaire maigret a common word?

commissaire maigret is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.