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MEREDITH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

English novelist and poet (1828-1909)

Synonyms:

George Meredith; Meredith

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

novelist (one who writes novels)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)

Synonyms:

James Howard Meredith; James Meredith; Meredith

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

civil rights activist; civil rights leader; civil rights worker (a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups)

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