Dunsany

Dunsany
/dun say"nee/, n.
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett /mawr"tn draks plung"ket, -kit, mohr"-/, 18th Baron ("Lord Dunsany"), 1878-1957, Irish dramatist, poet, and essayist.

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