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LINDSAY

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• LINDSAY (noun)
The noun LINDSAY has 2 senses:

1. United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
2. United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)

Familiarity information: LINDSAY used as a noun is rare.

• LINDSAY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Howard Lindsay; Lindsay

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay; Vachel Lindsay; Lindsay

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

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