Empson
[ emp-suhn ]
/ ˈɛmp sən /
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noun
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
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Empson
/ (ˈɛmpsən) /
noun
Sir William. 1906–84, English poet and critic; author of Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930)
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