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SIR HENRY BESSEMER

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• SIR HENRY BESSEMER (noun)
The noun SIR HENRY BESSEMER has 1 sense:

1. British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)

Familiarity information: SIR HENRY BESSEMER used as a noun is very rare.

• SIR HENRY BESSEMER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bessemer; Sir Henry Bessemer

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

metallurgical engineer; metallurgist (an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals)

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