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LELAND STANFORD
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• LELAND STANFORD (noun)
The noun LELAND STANFORD has 1 sense:
1. United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)
Familiarity information: LELAND STANFORD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Leland Stanford; Stanford
Instance hypernyms:
businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))
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