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Empson

[ emp-suhn ]
/ ˈɛmp sən /

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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