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BESSEMER
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• BESSEMER (noun)
The noun BESSEMER has 1 sense:
1. British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
Familiarity information: BESSEMER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bessemer; Sir Henry Bessemer
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
metallurgical engineer; metallurgist (an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals)
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