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THACKERAY

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Overview

THACKERAY (noun)
  The noun THACKERAY has 1 sense:

1. English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


THACKERAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Thackeray; William Makepeace Thackeray

Instance hypernyms:

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


 Context examples 


Finally, I have alluded to Mr. Thackeray, because to him—if he will accept the tribute of a total stranger—I have dedicated this second edition of "JANE EYRE."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He resembles Fielding as an eagle does a vulture: Fielding could stoop on carrion, but Thackeray never does.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Out of sight, out of mind." (English proverb)

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." (Maimonides)

"Arrogance over the arrogant is modesty." (Arabic proverb)

"He who has money and friends, turns his nose at justice." (Corsican proverb)



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