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NELSON MANDELA

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NELSON MANDELA (noun)
  The noun NELSON MANDELA has 1 sense:

1. South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)play

  Familiarity information: NELSON MANDELA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


NELSON MANDELA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mandela; Nelson Mandela; Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Instance hypernyms:

nationalist leader (the leader of a nationalist movement)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)


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