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CAPTAIN BOB

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CAPTAIN BOB (noun)
  The noun CAPTAIN BOB has 1 sense:

1. United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)

  Familiarity information: CAPTAIN BOB used as a noun is very rare.


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CAPTAIN BOB (noun)


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Meaning:

United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bartlett; Captain Bob; Robert Abram Bartlett; Robert Bartlett

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))


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