Thoreau
[ thuh-roh, thawr-oh, thohr-oh ]
/ θəˈroʊ, ˈθɔr oʊ, ˈθoʊr oʊ /
noun
Henry David,1817–62,
U.S. naturalist and author.
OTHER WORDS FROM Thoreau
Tho·reau·vi·an [thuh-roh-vee-uh n] /θəˈroʊ vi ən/, adjectiveBritish Dictionary definitions for henry david thoreau
Thoreau
/ (ˈθɔːrəʊ, θɔːˈrəʊ) /
noun
Henry David. 1817–62, US writer, noted esp for Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854), an account of his experiment in living in solitude. A powerful social critic, his essay Civil Disobedience (1849) influenced such dissenters as Gandhi