The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word POPE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1962.
Author of "An Essay on Man" crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POPE | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Author of "An Essay on Man"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pope
- ellison
- camus
- clerk
- clerking
- plato
- graham greene
- ralph ellison
- mark
- elia
- dante
- steele
Crossword Answer definitions
POPE noun- An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church.
- An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church.
- Any bishop of the early Christian church.
- The ruffe, a small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gymnocephalus cernua); others of its genus.
- (Cumberland) The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).
- The painted bunting (Passerina ciris).
- The red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana).
- To act as or like a pope.
- To convert to Roman Catholicism.
- (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop.
- (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
- The whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus).
- The nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
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