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    STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)play

    Synonyms:

    Douglas; Little Giant; Stephen A. Douglas; Stephen Arnold Douglas

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

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