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HENRY SWEET
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• HENRY SWEET (noun)
The noun HENRY SWEET has 1 sense:
1. English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
Familiarity information: HENRY SWEET used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Henry Sweet; Sweet
Instance hypernyms:
phonetician (a specialist in phonetics)
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