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Robinson Crusoe

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Robinson Cru·soe  (krs)
n.
The hero of Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe of 1719, a shipwrecked English sailor who, by virtue of his own ingenuity, survives for years on a small tropical island.
Robinson Crusoe
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), who survived being shipwrecked on a desert island The character is supposedly based on the Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), who was marooned on one of the islets of Juan Fernández.
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Noun1.Robinson CrusoeRobinson Crusoe - the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island


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Only yesterday, I opened my ROBINSON CRUSOE at that place.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Then they must go to the island where Robinson Crusoe had so long lived.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
"And so," George Curtis ended, "we have lived for nearly two years, like a second Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday, hoping against hope that some natives might come here to help us away, but none have come.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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