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HERBERT GEORGE WELLS

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HERBERT GEORGE WELLS (noun)
  The noun HERBERT GEORGE WELLS has 1 sense:

1. prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)play

  Familiarity information: HERBERT GEORGE WELLS used as a noun is very rare.


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HERBERT GEORGE WELLS (noun)


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Meaning:

Prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

H. G. Wells; Herbert George Wells; Wells

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))


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