[thuh-roh-vee-uh n] /θəˈroʊ vi ən/ (Show IPA), adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Thoreau
Thoreau
/ˈθɔːrəʊ; θɔːˈrəʊ/
noun
1.
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