Usually means: Novel with real people fictionalized.
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  1. roman a clef: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. roman a clef: Merriam-Webster
  3. roman a clef: Collins English Dictionary
  4. roman a clef: Vocabulary.com
  5. roman a clef: Dictionary.com
  6. Roman a clef: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. roman a clef: Rhymezone
  8. roman a clef: FreeDictionary.org
  9. roman a clef: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. roman a clef: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Roman-a-clef, roman a clef: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roman a clef: A Word A Day

(Note: See roman_a_clefs as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (roman a clef)

noun:  a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters


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