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WHARTON

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Overview

WHARTON (noun)
  The noun WHARTON has 1 sense:

1. United States novelist (1862-1937)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


WHARTON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States novelist (1862-1937)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edith Newbold Jones Wharton; Edith Wharton; Wharton

Instance hypernyms:

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


 Context examples 


Both Captain Fitzjames and Mr. Wharton love their wives, and are loved by them.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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