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GOETHE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832)

Synonyms:

Goethe; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

novelist (one who writes novels)

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

Derivation:

Goethean; Goethian (of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe)

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