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MACAULAY
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• MACAULAY (noun)
The noun MACAULAY has 1 sense:
1. English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859)
Familiarity information: MACAULAY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
First Baron Macaulay; Lord Macaulay; Macaulay; Thomas Babington Macaulay
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
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