JONSON

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• JONSON (noun)
  The noun JONSON has 1 sense:

1. English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)

  Familiarity information: JONSON used as a noun is very rare.

• JONSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ben Jonson; Benjamin Jonson; Jonson

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))