the hunchback of notre dame

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Definition of the hunchback of notre dame in English English dictionary

Victor Hugo's nineteenth century novel which was also adapted into several popular movies

Related Terms

Hunchback of Notre Dame

a novel by Victor Hugo about a kind but ugly hunchback (=someone whose back has a large raised part on it) called Quasimodo, who rings bells in the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris in the 15th century. He secretly loves a beautiful woman called Esmeralda, and when she is wrongly punished for being a murderer, he tries to save her (1831)

Hyphenation

the hunch·back of notre Dame

Turkish pronunciation

dhi hʌnçbäk ıv nōtrı deym

Pronunciation

/ᴛʜē ˈhənʧˌbak əv ˈnōtrə ˈdām/ /ðiː ˈhʌnʧˌbæk əv ˈnoʊtrə ˈdeɪm/