LESSING

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• LESSING (noun)
  The noun LESSING has 2 senses:

1. German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)

2. English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)

  Familiarity information: LESSING used as a noun is rare.

• LESSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing; Lessing

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Doris Lessing; Doris May Lessing; Lessing

Instance hypernyms:

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