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MEANY
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• MEANY (noun)
The noun MEANY has 2 senses:
1. United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980)
2. a person of mean disposition
Familiarity information: MEANY used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
George Meany; Meany
Instance hypernyms:
labor leader (a leader of a labor movement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person of mean disposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
meanie; meany; unkind person
Hypernyms ("meany" is a kind of...):
oppressor (a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures)
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