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HERSHEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hershey mean?
• HERSHEY (noun)
The noun HERSHEY has 2 senses:
1. United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)
2. an industrial town to the east of Harrisburg
Familiarity information: HERSHEY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hershey; Milton Snavely Hershey
Instance hypernyms:
candymaker; confectioner (someone who makes candies and other sweets)
altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An industrial town to the east of Harrisburg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
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