dear mr. bennet

language: de

definitions

  1. A formal salutation used at the beginning of a letter addressed specifically to a man named Mr. Bennet, most famously associated with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
    de: An Herrn Bennet
  2. A cultural reference used to evoke the formal tone of Regency-era literature or to humorously address a stoic, witty individual resembling the character Mr. Bennet.
    de: Literarische Anspielung

examples

  1. She began her correspondence with the words dear mr. bennet.

    Sie begann ihren Brief mit den Worten „Sehr geehrter Herr Bennet“.

  2. He jokingly signed his email dear mr. bennet to sound sophisticated.

    Er unterschrieb seine E-Mail scherzhaft mit „Lieber Mr. Bennet“, um kultiviert zu wirken.