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LESSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
Synonyms:
Doris Lessing; Doris May Lessing; Lessing
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)
Synonyms:
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing; Lessing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
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