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CLINTON

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Clinton mean?

• CLINTON (noun)
The noun CLINTON has 4 senses:

1. wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-)
2. 42nd President of the United States (1946-)
3. United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828)
4. a town in east central Iowa

Familiarity information: CLINTON used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• CLINTON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Clinton; Hilary Clinton; Hilary Rodham Clinton

Instance hypernyms:

senator (a member of a senate)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

42nd President of the United States (1946-)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

William Jefferson Clinton; President Clinton; Bill Clinton; Clinton

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

DeWitt Clinton; Clinton

Instance hypernyms:

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

A town in east central Iowa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Clinton" is a part of...):

Hawkeye State; IA; Iowa (a state in midwestern United States)

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