noun
a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester
• Syn: ↑Captain Horatio Hornblower
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character
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the main character in a series of novels by the English writer C S Forester. Hornblower is an officer in the British Navy during the wars against Napoleon in the early 19th century. A television series of the stories began in 1998.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.