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HIGGINSON
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• HIGGINSON (noun)
The noun HIGGINSON has 1 sense:
1. United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)
Familiarity information: HIGGINSON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Higginson; Thomas Higginson; Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson
Instance hypernyms:
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
“Hola, Gaffer Higginson!” cried Aylward, as he spied the portly figure of the village innkeeper.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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