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DAGUERRE
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• DAGUERRE (noun)
The noun DAGUERRE has 1 sense:
1. French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851)
Familiarity information: DAGUERRE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Daguerre; Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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