Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tolkien

1 sense of tolkien

Sense 1
Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien -- (British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973))
       INSTANCE OF=> philologist, philologue -- (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))