Genet Synonyms

jĕnĭt, jə-nĕt
French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Edmund Charles Edouard Genet
  2. Citizen Genet
French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. jean genet
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Agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Genetta genetta

Words Related to Genet

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. jennet
  2. flanner
  3. reprod
  4. Cytogenet

Genet Sentence Examples

  • The genet and the common jackal are fairly abundant.

  • The black are known as genet, although the true genet is a spotted wild cat.

  • The genet proper is a small white spotted cat found in Europe, but the quantity is too small to be of commercial interest.

  • It was, historically, only a personal nickname of Geoffrey, as was " Beauclerc " of his father-in-law (Henry I.) and " Curtmantel " of his son (Henry II.), and was derived from his wearing in his cap a sprig of the broom (genet) plant, "which in early summer makes the open country of Anjou and Maine a blaze of living gold."

  • However deep, therefore, his French sympathies, he drew the same safe line as did Washington between French politics and American politics,' and handled the Genet complications to the satisfaction of even the most partisan Federalists.

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