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ORWELL
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950)
Synonyms:
Eric Arthur Blair; Eric Blair; George Orwell; Orwell
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Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Derivation:
Orwellian (of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state))