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HERBERT CLARK HOOVER

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HERBERT CLARK HOOVER (noun)
  The noun HERBERT CLARK HOOVER has 1 sense:

1. 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)play

  Familiarity information: HERBERT CLARK HOOVER used as a noun is very rare.


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HERBERT CLARK HOOVER (noun)


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Meaning:

31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Herbert Clark Hoover; Herbert Hoover; Hoover; President Hoover

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)


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