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MENCKEN

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Overview

MENCKEN (noun)
  The noun MENCKEN has 1 sense:

1. United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


MENCKEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

H. L. Mencken; Henry Louis Mencken; Mencken

Instance hypernyms:

journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)

literary critic (a critic of literature)


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