horatio hornblower

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   a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester

   SynonymsCaptain Horatio Hornblower

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about horatio hornblower

What does horatio hornblower mean?

horatio hornblower means "a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester".

What is another word for horatio hornblower?

Close synonyms include Captain Horatio Hornblower. 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 hornblower a common word?

horatio hornblower 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.