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LANEY
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• LANEY (noun)
The noun LANEY has 1 sense:
1. United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933)
Familiarity information: LANEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Laney; Lucy Craft Laney
Instance hypernyms:
educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)
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