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IBSEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)

Synonyms:

Henrik Ibsen; Henrik Johan Ibsen; Ibsen

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))

Derivation:

Ibsenian (of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen)

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