SHELLEY

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• SHELLEY (noun)
  The noun SHELLEY has 2 senses:

1. English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

2. Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822)

  Familiarity information: SHELLEY used as a noun is rare.

• SHELLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft Shelley; Mary Shelley; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Shelley

Instance hypernyms:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Percy Bysshe Shelley; Shelley

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

 Context examples 

Lead investigator at Addenbrooke's, Dr Shelley Dua, said: "Precautionary allergen labels on food such as the commonly used 'May contain traces of..." are currently quite vague and not very helpful.

(Poor Sleep, Lack of Exercise Increase Risk of Nut Allergy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)