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RILKE
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• RILKE (noun)
The noun RILKE has 1 sense:
1. German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926)
Familiarity information: RILKE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Rainer Maria Rilke; Rilke
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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