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EDMUND JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE
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• EDMUND JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE (noun)
The noun EDMUND JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE has 1 sense:
1. Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909)
Familiarity information: EDMUND JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE used as a noun is very rare.
• EDMUND JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edmund John Millington Synge; J. M. Synge; John Millington Synge; Synge
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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