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HERSHEY

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• HERSHEY (noun)
The noun HERSHEY has 2 senses:

1. United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)
2. an industrial town east of Harrisburg

Familiarity information: HERSHEY used as a noun is rare.

• HERSHEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hershey; Milton Snavely Hershey

Instance hypernyms:

candymaker; confectioner (someone who makes candies and other sweets)

altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An industrial town east of Harrisburg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

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

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(Danish proverb)

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Definition of philanthropist
Definition of candymaker
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