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DECKER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels

Example:

they rode in a double-decker bus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("decker" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Domain usage:

combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)

Synonyms:

Decker; Dekker; Thomas Decker; Thomas Dekker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

pamphleteer (a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues))

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