thoreau

Tho·reau

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [thuh-roh, thawr-oh, thohr-oh]
- /θəˈroʊ, ˈθɔr oʊ, ˈθoʊr oʊ/
- /θə.ˈrəʊ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [thuh-roh, thawr-oh, thohr-oh]
- /θəˈroʊ, ˈθɔr oʊ, ˈθoʊr oʊ/

Definitions of thoreau word

noun thoreau Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author. 1
noun thoreau Henry David. 1817–62, US writer, noted esp for Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854), an account of his experiment in living in solitude. A powerful social critic, his essay Civil Disobedience (1849) influenced such dissenters as Gandhi 0
noun thoreau Henry David(born David Henry Thoreau) 1817-62; U.S. naturalist & writer 0

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thoreau popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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