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ALEXANDER BELL
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• ALEXANDER BELL (noun)
The noun ALEXANDER BELL has 1 sense:
1. United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
Familiarity information: ALEXANDER BELL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Alexander Bell; Alexander Graham Bell; Bell
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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