| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Dryden, John |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Dry·den |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  dr d n |
| DATES: | 1631–1700 |
| English writer and poet laureate (after 1668). The outstanding literary figure of the Restoration, he wrote critical essays, poems, such as Absalom and Achitophel (1681), and dramas, including All for Love (1678).
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