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KOESTLER
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• KOESTLER (noun)
The noun KOESTLER has 1 sense:
1. British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)
Familiarity information: KOESTLER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Arthur Koestler; Koestler
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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