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SAMUEL BUTLER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

English poet (1612-1680)

Synonyms:

Butler; Samuel Butler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)

Synonyms:

Butler; Samuel Butler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

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