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FRANCIS EDGAR STANLEY
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• FRANCIS EDGAR STANLEY (noun)
The noun FRANCIS EDGAR STANLEY has 1 sense:
1. United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
Familiarity information: FRANCIS EDGAR STANLEY used as a noun is very rare.
• FRANCIS EDGAR STANLEY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Francis Edgar Stanley; Stanley
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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