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JOSEPH HOOKER

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JOSEPH HOOKER (noun)
  The noun JOSEPH HOOKER has 1 sense:

1. United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)

  Familiarity information: JOSEPH HOOKER used as a noun is very rare.


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JOSEPH HOOKER (noun)


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Meaning:

United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Fighting Joe Hooker; Hooker; Joseph Hooker

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)


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