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OATES

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States writer (born in 1938)

Synonyms:

Joyce Carol Oates; Oates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)

Synonyms:

Oates; Titus Oates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

coconspirator; conspirator; machinator; plotter (a member of a conspiracy)

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