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FRANCOIS RABELAIS
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• FRANCOIS RABELAIS (noun)
The noun FRANCOIS RABELAIS has 1 sense:
1. author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
Familiarity information: FRANCOIS RABELAIS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Francois Rabelais; Rabelais
Instance hypernyms:
ironist; ridiculer; satirist (a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm)
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