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Meredith

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Meredith

1
n
United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)
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n
English novelist and poet (1828-1909)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Meredith
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n United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)

Synonyms:
James Howard Meredith, James Meredith
Example of:
civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker
a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
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n English novelist and poet (1828-1909)

Synonyms:
George Meredith
Example of:
novelist
one who writes novels
poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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