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    WILLIAM COWPER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800)play

    Synonyms:

    Cowper; William Cowper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

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

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)play

    Synonyms:

    Cowper; William Cowper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)

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