GEORGE MASON

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• GEORGE MASON (noun)
  The noun GEORGE MASON has 1 sense:

1. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)

  Familiarity information: GEORGE MASON used as a noun is very rare.

• GEORGE MASON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

George Mason; Mason

Instance hypernyms:

American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

 Context examples 

Dual and triple black holes are exceedingly rare, said co-author Shobita Satyapal, of George Mason, but such systems are actually a natural consequence of galaxy mergers, which we think is how galaxies grow and evolve.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)

We were only looking for pairs of black holes at the time, and yet, through our selection technique, we stumbled upon this amazing system, said Ryan Pfeifle of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, the first author of a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal describing these results.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)