BEN JONSON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)

Synonyms:

Ben Jonson; Benjamin Jonson; Jonson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

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

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