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BENCHLEY

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

1. United States humorist (1889-1945)

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

• BENCHLEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States humorist (1889-1945)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benchley; Robert Benchley; Robert Charles Benchley

Instance hypernyms:

humorist; humourist (someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way)

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

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