Lessing

/ˈlɛsɪŋ/
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Definitions of Lessing
  1. noun
    German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)
    synonyms: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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    example of:
    dramatist, dramaturge, playwright
    someone who writes plays
  2. noun
    English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
    synonyms: Doris Lessing, Doris May Lessing
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    example of:
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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