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JOHN UPDIKE
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• JOHN UPDIKE (noun)
The noun JOHN UPDIKE has 1 sense:
1. United States author (born 1932)
Familiarity information: JOHN UPDIKE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States author (born 1932)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
John Hoyer Updike; John Updike; Updike
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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