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WHITMAN
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• WHITMAN (noun)
The noun WHITMAN has 2 senses:
1. United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)
2. United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847)
Familiarity information: WHITMAN used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Walt Whitman; Whitman
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Marcus Whitman; Whitman
Instance hypernyms:
missionary (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)
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