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WHARTON
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• WHARTON (noun)
The noun WHARTON has 1 sense:
1. United States novelist (1862-1937)
Familiarity information: WHARTON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States novelist (1862-1937)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton; Edith Wharton; Wharton
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
Both Captain Fitzjames and Mr. Wharton love their wives, and are loved by them.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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