"chorizont" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chorizonts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chorizont (plural chorizonts)
  1. (UK) One who challenges a widely held assumption of authorship for a major work, especially one who believes that the Iliad and the Odyssey were not written by Homer. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-chorizont-en-noun-x44yyTKf Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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