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C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON
• C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON (noun)
The noun C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON has 1 sense:
1. British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
Familiarity information: C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON used as a noun is very rare.
• C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
C. Northcote Parkinson; Cyril Northcote Parkinson; Parkinson
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
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