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WALT WHITMAN
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• WALT WHITMAN (noun)
The noun WALT WHITMAN has 1 sense:
1. United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)
Familiarity information: WALT WHITMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Walt Whitman; Whitman
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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