Library / English Dictionary

WILLIAM COWPER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800)

Synonyms:

Cowper; William Cowper

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 surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)

Synonyms:

Cowper; William Cowper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)

Credits