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gide

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'author' is the definition.
(Andre Gide)

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(Other definitions for gide that I've seen before include "Andre -, Fr. novelist" , "Andre -, French novelist" , "Andre -, C Nineteen-twenty French author" , "Andre --, French writer" .)

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