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JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
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• JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (noun)
The noun JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER has 1 sense:
1. United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892)
Familiarity information: JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER used as a noun is very rare.
• JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
John Greenleaf Whittier; Whittier
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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