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CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD

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CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD (noun)
  The noun CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD has 1 sense:

1. United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986)play

  Familiarity information: CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Christopher Isherwood; Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood; Isherwood

Instance hypernyms:

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


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