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WOOLLEY
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• WOOLLEY (noun)
The noun WOOLLEY has 1 sense:
1. English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)
Familiarity information: WOOLLEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley; Sir Leonard Woolley; Woolley
Instance hypernyms:
archaeologist; archeologist (an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture)
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