English Dictionary: John Rupert Firth |
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Jean Arp
n 1: Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in
Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)
[syn: {Arp}, {Jean Arp}, {Hans Arp}]
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- John Harvard
- n
- American philanthropist who left his library and half his
estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)
Synonym(s): Harvard, John Harvard
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- John Hoyer Updike
- n
- United States author (born 1932) [syn: Updike, {John
Updike}, John Hoyer Updike]
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- John Irving
- n
- United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in
1942)
Synonym(s): Irving, John Irving
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- John Merven Carrere
- n
- United States architect who with his partner Thomas
Hastings designed many important public buildings (1858-1911)
Synonym(s): Carrere, John Merven Carrere
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- John Robinson Jeffers
- n
- United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962)
Synonym(s): Jeffers, Robinson Jeffers, John Robinson Jeffers
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- John Roebling
- n
- United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and
began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
Synonym(s): Roebling, John Roebling, John Augustus Roebling
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- John Rupert Firth
- n
- English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics
and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
Synonym(s): Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth
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- Johnny Reb
- n
- `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers
by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
Synonym(s): Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback
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- junior featherweight
- n
- weighs no more than 122 pounds
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- junior varsity
- n
- a college or university team that competes at a level below
the varsity team
Synonym(s): junior varsity, JV
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