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GARDNER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970)

Synonyms:

Erle Stanley Gardner; Gardner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924)

Synonyms:

Gardner; Isabella Stewart Gardner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

accumulator; collector; gatherer (a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes))

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