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MAUROIS

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Overview

MAUROIS (noun)
  The noun MAUROIS has 1 sense:

1. French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967)play

  Familiarity information: MAUROIS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MAUROIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Andre Maurois; Emile Herzog; Maurois

Instance hypernyms:

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


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