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    WILLARD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)play

    Synonyms:

    Emma Hart Willard; Willard

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)play

    Synonyms:

    Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard; Willard

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    dry; prohibitionist (a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages)

    suffragist (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))

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