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Horatio Hornblower   /hərˈeɪʃoʊ hˈɔrnblˌoʊər/   Listen
Horatio Hornblower

noun
1.
A fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester.  Synonym: Captain Horatio Hornblower.





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"Horatio Hornblower" Quotes from Famous Books



... require that constant introspection which is found in Cecil Forester's nervous hero, "Captain Horatio Hornblower." That man doubtless would have died of stomach ulcers before winning his second stripe. It is not a matter of, "How do I look to someone else?" but of, "What do I know about myself?" The kind of work ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense


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