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    HOYLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    English writer on card games (1672-1769)play

    Synonyms:

    Edmond Hoyle; Hoyle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    card player (someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games)

    author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    An English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)play

    Synonyms:

    Fred Hoyle; Hoyle; Sir Fred Hoyle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    astrophysicist (an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies)

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