hunchback definition - Dictionary

Dictionary

hunch·back [ húnch bàk ] (plural hunch·backs)

noun

Definition:

1. humped back: a back that shows a pronounced curvature of the spine

2. somebody with hump on back: somebody with a hump on his or her back

hunch·backed adjective

Cultural Note


	The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a novel (1831) by French writer Victor Hugo. In this richly evocative medieval tragedy, Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell-ringer at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, falls in love with a beautiful girl, Esmerelda. When corrupt priest Claude Frollo's harassment of Esmerelda results in her being executed for sorcery, Quasimodo murders Frollo by pushing him off the bell tower.