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ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN
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• ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN (noun)
The noun ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN used as a noun is very rare.
• ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English poet (1859-1936)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
A. E. Housman; Alfred Edward Housman; Housman
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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