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MAURIAC
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• MAURIAC (noun)
The noun MAURIAC has 1 sense:
1. French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970)
Familiarity information: MAURIAC used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Francois Charles Mauriac; Francois Mauriac; Mauriac
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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