s. s. van dine

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   United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)

   SynonymsWrightWillard Huntington Wright

   Broaderwriter

Questions about s. s. van dine

What does s. s. van dine mean?

s. s. van dine means "United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)".

What is another word for s. s. van dine?

Close synonyms include Wright, Willard Huntington Wright. 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 s. s. van dine a common word?

s. s. van dine 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.