dean swift

1. 1.

   an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)

   SynonymsSwiftJonathan Swift

   Broadersatirist

Questions about dean swift

What does dean swift mean?

dean swift means "an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)".

What is another word for dean swift?

Close synonyms include Swift, Jonathan Swift. 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 dean swift a common word?

dean swift 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.