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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (noun)
  The noun BOOKER T. WASHINGTON has 1 sense:

1. United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)play

  Familiarity information: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Booker T. Washington; Booker Taliaferro Washington; Washington

Instance hypernyms:

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


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