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LESSING

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

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Overview

LESSING (noun)
  The noun LESSING has 2 senses:

1. German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)play

2. English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)play

  Familiarity information: LESSING used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


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)


Sense 2

Meaning:

English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Doris Lessing; Doris May Lessing; Lessing

Instance hypernyms:

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


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