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JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN
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• JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN (noun)
The noun JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN has 1 sense:
1. British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
Familiarity information: JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN used as a noun is very rare.
• JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
J.R.R. Tolkien; John Ronald Reuel Tolkien; Tolkien
Instance hypernyms:
philologist; philologue (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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"Hunger is the best spice." (Czech proverb)