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SINCLAIR
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• SINCLAIR (noun)
The noun SINCLAIR has 2 senses:
1. United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
2. English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940)
Familiarity information: SINCLAIR used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Sinclair; Upton Beall Sinclair; Upton Sinclair
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Clive Sinclair; Sinclair; Sir Clive Marles Sinclair
Instance hypernyms:
electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)
enterpriser; entrepreneur (someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it)
Context examples
He was at the house of Admiral Sinclair at Barclay Square during the whole of the evening when this incident occurred.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yes; his brother, Colonel Valentine Walter, has testified to his departure from Woolwich, and Admiral Sinclair to his arrival in London; so Sir James is no longer a direct factor in the problem.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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