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J.R.R. TOLKIEN
• J.R.R. TOLKIEN (noun)
The noun J.R.R. TOLKIEN has 1 sense:
1. British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
Familiarity information: J.R.R. TOLKIEN used as a noun is very rare.
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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