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MITFORD
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• MITFORD (noun)
The noun MITFORD has 2 senses:
1. United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)
2. English writer of comic novels (1904-1973)
Familiarity information: MITFORD used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jessica Lucy Mitford; Jessica Mitford; Mitford
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
English writer of comic novels (1904-1973)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Mitford; Nancy Freeman Mitford; Nancy Mitford
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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