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MURDOCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999)
Synonyms:
Dame Jean Iris Murdoch; Iris Murdoch; Murdoch
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States publisher (born in Australia in 1931)
Synonyms:
Keith Rupert Murdoch; Murdoch; Rupert Murdoch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
publisher (a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music)
Domain region:
Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
