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PATON
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• PATON (noun)
The noun PATON has 1 sense:
1. South African writer (1903-1988)
Familiarity information: PATON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
South African writer (1903-1988)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Alan Paton; Alan Stewart Paton; Paton
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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