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BARRIE
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• BARRIE (noun)
The noun BARRIE has 1 sense:
1. Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937)
Familiarity information: BARRIE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Barrie; J. M. Barrie; James Barrie; James Matthew Barrie; Sir James Matthew Barrie
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
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