| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Goldsmith, Oliver |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Gold·smith |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g ld sm th |
| DATES: | 1730?–1774 |
| British writer whose literary reputation rests on his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the dramatic comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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