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Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot noun: a detective.

Noun

Hercule Poirot (plural Hercule Poirots)

  1. A detective.
    • "Congratulations. You are the Hercule Poirot of Winchester." Quinn's leaning away, arms crossed; she doesn't want to talk about this. But you can't always get what you want.2017, Teri Terry, The Book of Lies, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 101
    • But Akunin picks a new genre, for his Seagull is a murder mystery. Treplev does not commit suicide, as he does at the end of Chekhov's play; rather, he is killed, and the remainder of the play consists of a series of tableaux, each featuring a different, plausible murderer. The Hercule Poirot of...2021, The Akunin Project: The Mysteries and Histories of Russia's Bestselling Author, University of Toronto Press, page 64

Examples of Hercule Poirot in a sentence

  • The Hercule Poirot of the play is Doctor Dorn - who himself turns out to be one of the possible murderers.2021, The Akunin Project: The Mysteries and Histories of Russia's Bestselling Author, University of Toronto Press, page 64:
  • No wonder that he describes himself as the Hercule Poirot of archaeology—a detective who seeks the solution by looking at all the evidence without any preconceptions.2011, Israel Finkelstein, Nadav Na'aman, editor, The Fire Signals of Lachish, Penn State University Press, page vii:

Forms of Hercule Poirot

pluralHercule Poirots

Origin of Hercule Poirot

From the Agatha Christie character Hercule Poirot.

Words formed from Hercule Poirot

Questions about Hercule Poirot

What does Hercule Poirot mean?
Hercule Poirot means a detective.
How do you use Hercule Poirot in a sentence?
The Hercule Poirot of the play is Doctor Dorn - who himself turns out to be one of the possible murderers.
What part of speech is Hercule Poirot?
Hercule Poirot is a noun.
What is the plural of Hercule Poirot?
The plural of Hercule Poirot is Hercule Poirots.

Words near Hercule Poirot in the dictionary

  1. hercoglossids
  2. Hercs
  3. Herculanean
  4. Herculaneans
  5. Herculaneum
  6. Hercule Poirot
  7. herculean
  8. Hercules
  9. Hercules ant
  10. Hercules ants
  11. Hercules beetle

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