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ELI WHITNEY

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• ELI WHITNEY (noun)
The noun ELI WHITNEY has 1 sense:

1. United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)

Familiarity information: ELI WHITNEY used as a noun is very rare.

• ELI WHITNEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Eli Whitney; Whitney

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

manufacturer; producer (someone who manufactures something)

"Every why has a wherefore."
(English proverb)
"The snake moves, erasing its tracks with its tail."
(Albanian proverb)
"Give the dough to baker even if he eats half of it."
(Arabic proverb)
"It's not only cooks that wear long knives."
(Dutch proverb)

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