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HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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• HENRY DAVID THOREAU (noun)
The noun HENRY DAVID THOREAU has 1 sense:
1. United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)
Familiarity information: HENRY DAVID THOREAU used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Henry David Thoreau; Thoreau
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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