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COPLEY

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Overview

COPLEY (noun)
  The noun COPLEY has 1 sense:

1. American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)play

  Familiarity information: COPLEY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


COPLEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Copley; John Copley; John Singleton Copley

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)


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