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JONATHAN SWIFT

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JONATHAN SWIFT (noun)
  The noun JONATHAN SWIFT has 1 sense:

1. an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)

  Familiarity information: JONATHAN SWIFT used as a noun is very rare.


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JONATHAN SWIFT (noun)


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Meaning:

An English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dean Swift; Jonathan Swift; Swift

Instance hypernyms:

ironist; ridiculer; satirist (a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm)


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