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GIBSON

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• GIBSON (noun)
The noun GIBSON has 3 senses:

1. United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the 'Gibson girl' (1867-1944)
2. Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956)
3. United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)

Familiarity information: GIBSON used as a noun is uncommon.

• GIBSON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the 'Gibson girl' (1867-1944)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

C. D. Gibson; Charles Dana Gibson; Gibson

Instance hypernyms:

illustrator (an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson; Mel Gibson; Gibson

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Althea Gibson; Gibson

Instance hypernyms:

tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)

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