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HENRIK JOHAN IBSEN
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• HENRIK JOHAN IBSEN (noun)
The noun HENRIK JOHAN IBSEN has 1 sense:
1. realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
Familiarity information: HENRIK JOHAN IBSEN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Henrik Ibsen; Henrik Johan Ibsen; Ibsen
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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