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Lessing
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lessing
English
Etymology
As a German surname, borrowed from en de Lessing, a variant of en Lessig.
As a en dsb - surname, from dsb lesník forester. Compare en Lesnik.
Proper noun
s
en German.
en May 30, 2008 Felicia R. Lee Harry Potter Prequel for Charity w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/arts/30arts-HARRYPOTTERP_BRF.html The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series. https://web.archive.org/web/20230819160510/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/arts/30arts-HARRYPOTTERP_BRF.html
Derived terms
en Lessingian
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Lessing is the 35812th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 627 individuals. Lessing is most common among White (92.19%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
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