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ANDERSEN
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• ANDERSEN (noun)
The noun ANDERSEN has 1 sense:
1. a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)
Familiarity information: ANDERSEN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Andersen; Hans Christian Andersen
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Nay, like the Ugly Duck of my friend Hans Andersen, he be no duck-thought at all, but a big swan-thought that sail nobly on big wings, when the time come for him to try them.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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