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31roman à clef — noun (plural romans à clef) Etymology: French, literally, novel with a key Date: 1893 a novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise …
32roman-à-clef — (Fr.) A novel about real people but using fictitious names; pl. romans à clef …
33roman à clef — (roh MANH ah KLAY) [French: novel with a key] A fictional literary work based upon historical characters and events, or one in which well known real people are portrayed as fictional characters. Margaret Truman, the daughter of President… …
34roman àclef* — ro•man à clef fr. [[t]rɔ mɑ na ˈklɛ[/t]] n. pl. ro•mans à clef fr. [[t]rɔ mɑ̃ za ˈklɛ[/t]] lit. fot a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction • Etymology: 1890–95; < F: lit., novel with a key …
35roman à clef — /roʊˌmɒn a ˈkleɪ/ (say roh.mon ah klay) noun (plural romans à clef /roʊˌmɒn a ˈkleɪ/ (say roh.mon ah klay)) a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fiction. {French: literally, novel with a key} …
36roman — Synonyms and related words: Bildungsroman, Gothic novel, ascender, back, bastard type, beard, belly, bevel, black letter, body, cap, capital, case, comic novel, counter, descender, detective novel, dime novel, dreadful, em, en, epistolary novel,… …
37roman — n. ancient French saga like poem; novel; romance. ♦ roman à clef, n. novel of real people given fictitious names. ♦ roman policier, detective story …
38roman à clef — noun /roːˌmɑ̃aˈklej/ a piece of fiction, especially a novel, containing real life people and/or events …
39roman a clef — a French term literally meaning novel with a key ; in film terms, refers to a film in which actual persons/events are disguised or masked as fictional characters but with a key, the true persons/events are revealed Examples: Citizen Kane… …
40roman a clef — noun a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters • Hypernyms: ↑novel …
