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DOUGLASS

Pronunciation (US):

• DOUGLASS (noun)
The noun DOUGLASS has 1 sense:

1. United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)

Familiarity information: DOUGLASS used as a noun is very rare.

• DOUGLASS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Douglass; Frederick Douglass

Instance hypernyms:

abolitionist; emancipationist (a reformer who favors abolishing slavery)

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