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STRACHEY

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Overview

STRACHEY (noun)
  The noun STRACHEY has 1 sense:

1. English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


STRACHEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Giles Lytton Strachey; Lytton Strachey; Strachey

Instance hypernyms:

biographer (someone who writes an account of a person's life)

Holonyms ("Strachey" is a member of...):

Bloomsbury Group (an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles)


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