Oates

Definitions of Oates
  1. noun
    United States writer (born in 1938)
    synonyms: Joyce Carol Oates
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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
    English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)
    synonyms: Titus Oates
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    example of:
    coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter
    a member of a conspiracy
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