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LESSING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)

Synonyms:

Doris Lessing; Doris May Lessing; Lessing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)

Synonyms:

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing; Lessing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

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