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PAUL REVERE

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• PAUL REVERE (noun)
The noun PAUL REVERE has 1 sense:

1. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)

Familiarity information: PAUL REVERE used as a noun is very rare.

• PAUL REVERE (noun)

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Meaning:

American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Paul Revere; Revere

Instance hypernyms:

American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

silver-worker; silversmith; silverworker (someone who makes or repairs articles of silver)

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