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WORDSWORTH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)
Synonyms:
William Wordsworth; Wordsworth
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Holonyms ("Wordsworth" is a member of...):
lake poets (English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it)
Derivation:
Wordsworthian (in the manner of William Wordsworth)