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EIFFEL
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• EIFFEL (noun)
The noun EIFFEL has 1 sense:
1. French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923)
Familiarity information: EIFFEL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel; Eiffel
Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
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