meredith

English Thesaurus

1. English novelist and poet (1828-1909) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	novelist,
definition	:	one who writes novels (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	poet,
definition	:	a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) (noun.person)

2. United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker,
definition	:	a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups (noun.person)