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ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN

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ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN (noun)
  The noun ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN has 1 sense:

1. English poet (1859-1936)play

  Familiarity information: ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English poet (1859-1936)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

A. E. Housman; Alfred Edward Housman; Housman

Instance hypernyms:

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


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