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WILLIAM COWPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800)
Synonyms:
Cowper; William Cowper
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Sense 2
Meaning:
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
Synonyms:
Cowper; William Cowper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)
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