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RALPH ELLISON
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• RALPH ELLISON (noun)
The noun RALPH ELLISON has 1 sense:
1. United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)
Familiarity information: RALPH ELLISON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Ellison; Ralph Ellison; Ralph Waldo Ellison
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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