TOLKIEN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)

Synonyms:

J.R.R. Tolkien; John Ronald Reuel Tolkien; Tolkien

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

philologist; philologue (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)

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

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