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Lessing

les·sing

US/ˈlɛsɪŋ/ rare

noun

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English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)

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Origin

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Lessing, a variant of Lessig. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, from lesník (“forester”). Compare Lesnik.

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