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ROEBLING
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• ROEBLING (noun)
The noun ROEBLING has 1 sense:
1. United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
Familiarity information: ROEBLING used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
John Augustus Roebling; John Roebling; Roebling
Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
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