ELISHA GRAVES OTIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)

Synonyms:

Elisha Graves Otis; Otis

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

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

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