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ROBERT E. PEARY
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• ROBERT E. PEARY (noun)
The noun ROBERT E. PEARY has 1 sense:
1. United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920)
Familiarity information: ROBERT E. PEARY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Peary; Robert E. Peary; Robert Edwin Peary; Robert Peary
Instance hypernyms:
adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))
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