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semiliterates

semiliterates is the plural of semiliterate.

Meaning of semiliterate

Noun

semiliterate (plural semiliterates)

  1. A person who is semiliterate.
    • If Rita Mae Brown were an exceptional writer, I might be more willing to give an ear to her pontificating […] But even as a pulp writer, Brown will have to treat lesbians as more than a bunch of anencephalic semi-literates who will sanctify her name forevermore. We have to have the guts to say...1988 December 11, Susana Darwin, “Keep Editing, Rita Mae”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 10
    Synonyms:
    subliterate

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Questions about semiliterates

What is semiliterates the plural of?
Semiliterates is the plural of semiliterate.

Words near semiliterates in the dictionary

  1. semiliquidity
  2. semiliquids
  3. semiliteracy
  4. semiliteral
  5. semiliterate
  6. semiliterates
  7. Semillon
  8. semilobar
  9. semilocal
  10. semilocular
  11. semilog

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