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JOHN DONNE
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• JOHN DONNE (noun)
The noun JOHN DONNE has 1 sense:
1. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
Familiarity information: JOHN DONNE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Donne; John Donne
Instance hypernyms:
clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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