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CAPTAIN BOB
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• CAPTAIN BOB (noun)
The noun CAPTAIN BOB has 1 sense:
1. United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
Familiarity information: CAPTAIN BOB used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bartlett; Captain Bob; Robert Abram Bartlett; Robert Bartlett
Instance hypernyms:
adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))
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"Well started is half won." (Dutch proverb)