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WOOLWORTH
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• WOOLWORTH (noun)
The noun WOOLWORTH has 1 sense:
1. United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)
Familiarity information: WOOLWORTH used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Frank Winfield Woolworth; Woolworth
Instance hypernyms:
businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))
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