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SIR JOHN SUCKLING

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SIR JOHN SUCKLING (noun)
  The noun SIR JOHN SUCKLING has 1 sense:

1. English poet and courtier (1609-1642)play

  Familiarity information: SIR JOHN SUCKLING used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SIR JOHN SUCKLING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English poet and courtier (1609-1642)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Sir John Suckling; Suckling

Instance hypernyms:

courtier (an attendant at the court of a sovereign)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))


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