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   ‖Genre , n. [F. See Gender.]
   Kind; genus; class; form; style, esp. in literature.
   French drama was lisping or still inarticulate; the great French genre of the fabliau was hardly born.
   Saintsbury.
   A particular demand . . . that we shall pay special attention to the matter of genres -- that is, to the different forms or categories of literature.
   W. P. Trent.
   
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   (Fine Arts) A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.
   1913 Webster