horatio alger

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   United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)

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Questions about horatio alger

What does horatio alger mean?

horatio alger means "United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)".

What is another word for horatio alger?

Close synonyms include Alger. 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 horatio alger a common word?

horatio alger 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.