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GARDNER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970)
Synonyms:
Erle Stanley Gardner; Gardner
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924)
Synonyms:
Gardner; Isabella Stewart Gardner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
accumulator; collector; gatherer (a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes))