Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun racine

2 senses of racine

Sense 1
Racine, Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine -- (French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699))
       INSTANCE OF=> dramatist, playwright -- (someone who writes plays)
       INSTANCE OF=> poet -- (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 2
Racine -- (a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")