Associations to the word «Voltaire»

Wiktionary

VOLTAIRE, proper noun. A pen name of the French philosopher François-Marie Arouet.
VOLTAIRE, proper noun. A city/village in North Dakota.

Dictionary definition

VOLTAIRE, noun. French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats