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MARX

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)

Synonyms:

Karl Marx; Marx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

revolutionary; revolutionist; subversive; subverter (a radical supporter of political or social revolution)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977)

Synonyms:

Groucho; Julius Marx; Marx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)

Holonyms ("Marx" is a member of...):

Marx Brothers (a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961)

Synonyms:

Chico; Leonard Marx; Marx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)

Holonyms ("Marx" is a member of...):

Marx Brothers (a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964)

Synonyms:

Arthur Marx; Harpo; Marx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)

Holonyms ("Marx" is a member of...):

Marx Brothers (a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor)

Sense 5

Meaning:

United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979)

Synonyms:

Herbert Marx; Marx; Zeppo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)

Holonyms ("Marx" is a member of...):

Marx Brothers (a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor)

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