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ALTHEA GIBSON
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• ALTHEA GIBSON (noun)
The noun ALTHEA GIBSON has 1 sense:
1. United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)
Familiarity information: ALTHEA GIBSON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Althea Gibson; Gibson
Instance hypernyms:
tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)
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