Hugo

(hyo̵̅o̅)

noun

a masculine name

Hugo, Victor (Marie) 1802-85; Fr. poet, novelist, & playwright

See Hugo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

French writer who went into exile after Napoleon III seized power (1851), returning to France in 1870. His novels include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).

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