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RABELAIS
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• RABELAIS (noun)
The noun RABELAIS has 1 sense:
1. author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
Familiarity information: 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)
Derivation:
Rabelaisian (of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works)
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