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SAMUEL BECKETT
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• SAMUEL BECKETT (noun)
The noun SAMUEL BECKETT has 1 sense:
1. a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)
Familiarity information: SAMUEL BECKETT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Beckett; Samuel Beckett
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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