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W. Somerset Maugham

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Noun

1. maugham, somerset maugham, w. somerset maugham, william somerset maugham

English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


W. Somerset Maugham

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nounWord forms: plural w's, W's or Ws
1. 
the 23rd letter and 18th consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. 
a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a bilabial semivowel, as in web
symbol for
1. 
watt
2. 
West
3. physics
work
4. chemistry
tungsten
5. 
women's (size)
abbreviation for
1. 
week
2. 
weight
3. 
width
4. 
wife
5. 
with
6. cricket
a. 
wide
b. 
wicket
abbreviation for
1. 
Wales
2. 
Welsh

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W. Somerset Maugham

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1. 
Wales
2. 
Washington
3. 
watt(s)
4. 
Wednesday
5. 
Welsh
6. 
West
7. 
west
8. 
western
9. 
win(s)
10.  Physics
work
tungsten
nounWord forms: plural W's or w's
1. 
the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet: its sound was represented in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts by uu or u until about a.d. 900, then by ƿ (wen) borrowed from the runic alphabet; in the 11th cent. a ligatured VV or vv was introduced by Norman scribes to replace the wen
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (w) of will
3. 
a type or impression for w or W
4. 
the twenty-third in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like W
adjective
6. 
of w or W
7. 
twenty-third in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like W
1. 
waist
2. 
watt(s)
3. 
week(s)
4. 
weight
5. 
west
6. 
western
7. 
wide
8. 
width
9. 
wife
10. 
with
: also w., w/
11. 
win(s)
12.  Physics
work

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W. Somerset Maugham

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British writer whose short stories, such as "Miss Thompson" (1921), and novels, including Of Human Bondage (1915), illustrate his economy of expression and masterly storytelling.

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