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DORIS LESSING
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• DORIS LESSING (noun)
The noun DORIS LESSING has 1 sense:
1. English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
Familiarity information: DORIS LESSING used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Doris Lessing; Doris May Lessing; Lessing
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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