alex haley

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   United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)

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Questions about alex haley

What does alex haley mean?

alex haley means "United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)".

What is another word for alex haley?

Close synonyms include Haley. 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 alex haley a common word?

alex haley 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.