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GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING
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• GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING (noun)
The noun GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING has 1 sense:
1. German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)
Familiarity information: GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING used as a noun is very rare.
• GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing; Lessing
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
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