Crane

/kreɪn/
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Other forms: Cranes

Definitions of Crane
  1. noun
    United States writer (1871-1900)
    synonyms: Stephen Crane
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    example of:
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  2. noun
    United States poet (1899-1932)
    synonyms: Harold Hart Crane, Hart Crane
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    example of:
    poet
    a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
  3. noun
    a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
    synonyms: Grus
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    example of:
    constellation
    a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
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