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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
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• CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH (noun)
The noun CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH has 1 sense:
1. English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
Familiarity information: CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Captain John Smith; John Smith; Smith
Instance hypernyms:
adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))
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