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ALAN PATON

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Overview

ALAN PATON (noun)
  The noun ALAN PATON has 1 sense:

1. South African writer (1903-1988)play

  Familiarity information: ALAN PATON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ALAN PATON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South African writer (1903-1988)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alan Paton; Alan Stewart Paton; Paton

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))


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