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BECKETT

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• BECKETT (noun)
The noun BECKETT has 1 sense:

1. a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)

Familiarity information: BECKETT used as a noun is very rare.

• BECKETT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Beckett; Samuel Beckett

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

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

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