Addison

[ ad-uh-suhn ]

noun
  1. Joseph, 1672–1719, English essayist and poet.

  2. Thomas, 1793–1860, English physician.

  1. a town in NE Illinois.

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Addison

/ (ˈædɪsən) /


noun
  1. Joseph. 1672–1719, English essayist and poet who, with Richard Steele, founded The Spectator (1711–14) and contributed most of its essays, including the de Coverley Papers

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