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English noun: Lessing

1. Lessing (person) German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)


SynonymsGotthold Ephraim Lessing


Instance hypernymdramatist, playwright

2. Lessing (person) English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)


SynonymsDoris Lessing, Doris May Lessing


Instance hypernymauthor, writer









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