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RICHARD TREVITHICK
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• RICHARD TREVITHICK (noun)
The noun RICHARD TREVITHICK has 1 sense:
1. English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833)
Familiarity information: RICHARD TREVITHICK used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Richard Trevithick; Trevithick
Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
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