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JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS

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Overview

JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS (noun)
  The noun JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS has 1 sense:

1. United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)play

  Familiarity information: JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James Cleveland Owens; Jesse Owens; Owens

Instance hypernyms:

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)


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