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JEANNETTE RANKIN
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• JEANNETTE RANKIN (noun)
The noun JEANNETTE RANKIN has 1 sense:
1. leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973)
Familiarity information: JEANNETTE RANKIN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jeannette Rankin; Rankin
Instance hypernyms:
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
suffragist (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))
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