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ALAN BARTLETT SHEPARD JR.
• ALAN BARTLETT SHEPARD JR. (noun)
The noun ALAN BARTLETT SHEPARD JR. has 1 sense:
1. astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
Familiarity information: ALAN BARTLETT SHEPARD JR. used as a noun is very rare.
• ALAN BARTLETT SHEPARD JR. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.; Alan Shepard; Shepard
Instance hypernyms:
astronaut; cosmonaut; spaceman (a person trained to travel in a spacecraft)
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