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MAHATMA GANDHI

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• MAHATMA GANDHI (noun)
The noun MAHATMA GANDHI has 1 sense:

1. political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule; an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948)

Familiarity information: MAHATMA GANDHI used as a noun is very rare.

• MAHATMA GANDHI (noun)

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Meaning:

Political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule; an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mahatma Gandhi; Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; Gandhi

Instance hypernyms:

spiritual leader (a leader in religious or sacred affairs)

nationalist leader (the leader of a nationalist movement)

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