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DODGSON

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Overview

DODGSON (noun)
  The noun DODGSON has 1 sense:

1. English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)play

  Familiarity information: DODGSON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


DODGSON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Carroll; Charles Dodgson; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson; Dodgson; Lewis Carroll; Reverend Dodgson

Instance hypernyms:

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


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