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BENJAMIN JONSON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)
Synonyms:
Ben Jonson; Benjamin Jonson; Jonson
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Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))