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WOOLLEY

Pronunciation (US):

• WOOLLEY (noun)
The noun WOOLLEY has 1 sense:

1. English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)

Familiarity information: WOOLLEY used as a noun is very rare.

• WOOLLEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Sir Charles Leonard Woolley; Sir Leonard Woolley; Woolley

Instance hypernyms:

archaeologist; archeologist (an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture)

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