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ARISTARCHUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bright crater on the Moon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

lunar crater (a crater on the Earth's Moon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

grammarian; syntactician (a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax)

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