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SAYERS
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• SAYERS (noun)
The noun SAYERS has 1 sense:
1. English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957)
Familiarity information: SAYERS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Dorothy L. Sayers; Dorothy Leigh Sayers; Dorothy Sayers; Sayers
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
The world belongs to the true nobleman, to the great blond beasts, to the noncompromisers, to the 'yes-sayers.'
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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