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ALFRED THAYER MAHAN
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• ALFRED THAYER MAHAN (noun)
The noun ALFRED THAYER MAHAN has 1 sense:
1. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914)
Familiarity information: ALFRED THAYER MAHAN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Alfred Thayer Mahan; Mahan
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
naval officer (an officer in the navy)
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