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SINCLAIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940)
Synonyms:
Clive Sinclair; Sinclair; Sir Clive Marles Sinclair
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)
enterpriser; entrepreneur (someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
Synonyms:
Sinclair; Upton Beall Sinclair; Upton Sinclair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
