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THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
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• THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON (noun)
The noun THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON has 1 sense:
1. Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
Familiarity information: THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON used as a noun is very rare.
• THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Crichton; James Crichton; The Admirable Crichton
Instance hypernyms:
bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
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