Bronte n 1: English novelist; youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849) [syn: {Anne Bronte}] 2: English novelist; one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848) [syn: {Emily Bronte}, {Emily Jane Bronte}, {Currer Bell}] 3: English novelist; oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855) [syn: {Charlotte Bronte}]