ROBERT OWEN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)

Synonyms:

Owen; Robert Owen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)

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