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HOWE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867)

Synonyms:

Elias Howe; Howe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910)

Synonyms:

Howe; Julia Ward Howe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

suffragist (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928)

Synonyms:

Gordie Howe; Gordon Howe; Howe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

hockey player; ice-hockey player (an athlete who plays hockey)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States editor (1920-1993)

Synonyms:

Howe; Irving Howe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

editor; editor in chief (a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine))

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