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OATES

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Overview

OATES (noun)
  The noun OATES has 2 senses:

1. English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)play

2. United States writer (born in 1938)play

  Familiarity information: OATES used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


OATES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Oates; Titus Oates

Instance hypernyms:

coconspirator; conspirator; machinator; plotter (a member of a conspiracy)


Sense 2

Meaning:

United States writer (born in 1938)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Joyce Carol Oates; Oates

Instance hypernyms:

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


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