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WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
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• WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (noun)
The noun WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS has 1 sense:
1. United States writer and editor (1837-1920)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer and editor (1837-1920)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Howells; William Dean Howells
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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"Barking dogs don't bite." (Dutch proverb)