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SAPIR
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• SAPIR (noun)
The noun SAPIR has 1 sense:
1. anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939)
Familiarity information: SAPIR used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edward Sapir; Sapir
Instance hypernyms:
anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)
linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)
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