Brontë Syllabification: (Bron·të)Pronunciation: /ˈbräntē ˈbräntā/Definition of Brontë three English novelists. Charlotte (1816–55), author of Jane Eyre (1847), Shirley (1849), and Villette (1853). Emily (1818–48), author of Wuthering Heights (1847); also a poet. Anne (1820–49), author of Agnes Grey (1845) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1847). Brontë in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Brontë in the British & World English dictionary