English noun: Lessing | |||
1. | Lessing (person) German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781) | ||
Synonyms | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | ||
Instance hypernym | dramatist, playwright | ||
2. | Lessing (person) English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919) | ||
Synonyms | Doris Lessing, Doris May Lessing | ||
Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||