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TREVITHICK

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Overview

TREVITHICK (noun)
  The noun TREVITHICK has 1 sense:

1. English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


TREVITHICK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Richard Trevithick; Trevithick

Instance hypernyms:

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)


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