FIRST BARON PASSFIELD

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• FIRST BARON PASSFIELD (noun)
The noun FIRST BARON PASSFIELD has 1 sense:

1. English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)

Familiarity information: FIRST BARON PASSFIELD used as a noun is very rare.

• FIRST BARON PASSFIELD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

First Baron Passfield; Sidney James Webb; Sidney Webb; Webb

Instance hypernyms:

economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)

sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)

Holonyms ("First Baron Passfield" is a member of...):

Fabian Society (an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism)

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ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:

First Baron Marks of Broughton

First Baron Macaulay

First Baron Lytton

First Baron Kelvin

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