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JOHN LLEWELLY LEWIS
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• JOHN LLEWELLY LEWIS (noun)
The noun JOHN LLEWELLY LEWIS has 1 sense:
1. United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
Familiarity information: JOHN LLEWELLY LEWIS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
John L. Lewis; John Llewelly Lewis; Lewis
Instance hypernyms:
labor leader (a leader of a labor movement)
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