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RILEY

Pronunciation (US):

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

1. United States poet (1849-1916)

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

• RILEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States poet (1849-1916)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James Whitcomb Riley; Riley

Instance hypernyms:

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

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