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BENET

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Overview

BENET (noun)
  The noun BENET has 2 senses:

1. United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943)play

2. United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950)play

  Familiarity information: BENET used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


BENET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benet; Stephen Vincent Benet

Instance hypernyms:

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


Sense 2

Meaning:

United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benet; William Rose Benet

Instance hypernyms:

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


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