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PATERSON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city of northeastern New Jersey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Paterson" is a part of...):

Garden State; Jersey; N.J.; New Jersey; NJ (a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)

Synonyms:

Paterson; William Patterson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

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