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MARTIN LUTHER KING
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• MARTIN LUTHER KING (noun)
The noun MARTIN LUTHER KING has 1 sense:
1. United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
Familiarity information: MARTIN LUTHER KING used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
King; Martin Luther King; Martin Luther King Jr.
Instance hypernyms:
civil rights activist; civil rights leader; civil rights worker (a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups)
clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
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