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DONNE

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Overview

DONNE (noun)
  The noun DONNE has 1 sense:

1. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


DONNE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Donne; John Donne

Instance hypernyms:

clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Derivation:

Donnean; Donnian (of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne)


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