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ELI WHITNEY
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• ELI WHITNEY (noun)
The noun ELI WHITNEY has 1 sense:
1. United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
Familiarity information: ELI WHITNEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Eli Whitney; Whitney
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
manufacturer; producer (someone who manufactures something)
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