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HOWARD HUGHES

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Overview

HOWARD HUGHES (noun)
  The noun HOWARD HUGHES has 1 sense:

1. United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)play

  Familiarity information: HOWARD HUGHES used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HOWARD HUGHES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Howard Hughes; Howard Robard Hughes; Hughes

Instance hypernyms:

aeronaut; airman; aviator; flier; flyer (someone who operates an aircraft)

film maker; film producer; filmmaker; movie maker (a producer of motion pictures)

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)


 Context examples 


A team of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Rockefeller University has been exploring a different approach.

(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)



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