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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
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• BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (noun)
The noun BOOKER T. WASHINGTON has 1 sense:
1. United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
Familiarity information: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Booker T. Washington; Booker Taliaferro Washington; Washington
Instance hypernyms:
educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)
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