BEHN

Meaning of BEHN in English

(1640–89)

an English writer of plays, novels and poems. She was probably the first professional woman writer in England. Her best-known works include the play The Rover (1678) and the novel Oroonoko (1688), an attack on slavery.

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BEHN — (n.) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.
Английский словарь Webster
BEHN — (n.) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata.
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BEHN — (n.) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
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BEHN — ( n. ) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEHN — ( n. ) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEHN — ( n. ) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEHN — noun the statice limonium, or sea lavender. 2. behn ·noun the centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury. 3. behn ·noun the …
Webster English vocab
BEHN — Behn BrE AmE ben
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BEHN, APHRA — born July 1640, Harbledown?, Kent, Eng. died April 16, 1689, London English dramatist, novelist, and poet, the first Englishwoman known …
Английский словарь Британика
BEHN, SOSTHENES — born Jan. 30, 1882, St. Thomas, Danish Virgin Islands died June 6, 1957, New York City telephone executive, president and …
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BEHN, APHRA — born July 1640, Harbledown?, Kent, Eng. died April 16, 1689, London Aphra Behn. English dramatist, novelist, and poet who was …
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BEHN, APHRA — born July 1640, Harbledown?, Kent, Eng. died April 16, 1689, London English dramatist, novelist, and poet, the first Englishwoman known …
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APHRA BEHN — ➡ Behn
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INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORP. (ITT) — Former U.S. telecommunications company. It was founded in 1920 by Sosthenes and Hernand Behn as a holding company for their …
Английский словарь Британика
EPISTOLARY NOVEL — Novel in the form of a series of letters written by one or more characters. It allows the author to …
Английский словарь Британика
UNEXPERT — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from un- (I) + expert obsolete : lacking practical knowledge or experience : unexperienced a pure …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEHEN — (n.) Alt. of Behn
Английский словарь Webster
BEHEN — ( n. ) Alt. of Behn
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEHEN — noun ·alt. of behn.
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NOBLE SAVAGE
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SOUTHERNE, THOMAS — born 1660, Oxmantown, Dublin, Ire. died May 26, 1746, London, Eng. Irish dramatist, long famous for two sentimental tragedies that …
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OTWAY, THOMAS — born March 3, 1652, Trotton, near Midhurst, Sussex, Eng. died April 14, 1685, London English dramatist and poet, one of …
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IBN HAZM — born Nov. 7, 994, Crdoba, Caliphate of Crdoba died Aug. 15, 1064, Manta Lisham, near Seville in full Abu Muhammad …
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ITT CORPORATION — also called (until 1983) International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation , former American telecommunications company that grew into a successful conglomerate …
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EPISTOLARY NOVEL — Novel in the form of a series of letters written by one or more characters. It allows the author to …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORP. — Former U.S. telecommunications company. It was founded in 1920 by Sosthenes and Hernand Behn as a holding company for their …
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WRITER
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БЕН — (Behn, Aphra) (1640-1689), английская романистка и драматург. Родилась в 1640, предположительно в Уайе (графство Кент). Секретный правительственный агент, любовница некоего …
Русский словарь Colier

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