alan paton

1. 1.

   South African writer (1903-1988)

   SynonymsPatonAlan Stewart Paton

   Broaderwriter

Questions about alan paton

What does alan paton mean?

alan paton means "South African writer (1903-1988)".

What is another word for alan paton?

Close synonyms include Paton, Alan Stewart Paton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alan paton a common word?

alan paton is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.