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ANDREW DICKSON WHITE
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• ANDREW DICKSON WHITE (noun)
The noun ANDREW DICKSON WHITE has 1 sense:
1. United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
Familiarity information: ANDREW DICKSON WHITE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Andrew D. White; Andrew Dickson White; White
Instance hypernyms:
educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)
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