Definitions for kerouac
ˈkɛr uˌækker·ouac

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kerouac, Jack Kerouac, Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouacnoun

   United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969)

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1. Kerouac

   Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.Of French-Canadian ancestry, Kerouac was raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts. He "learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens." During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine; he completed his first novel at the time, which was published more than 40 years after his death. His first published book was The Town and the City (1950), and he achieved widespread fame and notoriety with his second, On the Road, in 1957. It made him a beat icon, and he went on to publish 12 more novels and numerous poetry volumes. Kerouac is recognized for his style of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as his Catholic spirituality, jazz, travel, promiscuity, life in New York City, Buddhism, drugs, and poverty. He became an underground celebrity and, with other Beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements. He has a lasting legacy, greatly influencing many of the cultural icons of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Jerry Garcia and the Doors. In 1969, at the age of 47, Kerouac died from an abdominal hemorrhage caused by a lifetime of heavy drinking. Since then, his literary prestige has grown, and several previously unseen works have been published.

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1. kerouac

   Kerouac refers to Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), an American novelist, writer, poet and artist. He is best known for his novel "On the Road", which became an American classic and a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations. The term "Kerouac" often serves as a synonym for his writing style or themes such as spontaneity, free expression, rebellion against societal norms and exploration of spirituality.

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1. KEROUAC

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kerouac is ranked #111988 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Kerouac surname appeared 157 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kerouac.
   
   96.1% or 151 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kerouac in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kerouac in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of kerouac in a Sentence

1. Jack Kerouac:

   Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night? ~ Jack Kerouac.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=kerouac
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerouac
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html