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SACCO

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Overview

SACCO (noun)
  The noun SACCO has 1 sense:

1. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927)play

  Familiarity information: SACCO used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SACCO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Nicola Sacco; Sacco

Instance hypernyms:

anarchist; nihilist; syndicalist (an advocate of anarchism)


 Context examples 


A team led by Dr. Alessandra Sacco at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute set out to explore the causes of satellite cell impairment and depletion.

(Controlling Muscle Repair, NIH)



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