Goncourt n 1: French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870) [syn: {Goncourt}, {Jules de Goncourt}, {Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt}] 2: French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896) [syn: {Goncourt}, {Edmond de Goncourt}, {Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt}]