/ English Dictionary |
TOLKIEN
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
Synonyms:
J.R.R. Tolkien; John Ronald Reuel Tolkien; Tolkien
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
philologist; philologue (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))