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CASTRO
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• CASTRO (noun)
The noun CASTRO has 1 sense:
1. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)
Familiarity information: CASTRO used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Castro; Fidel Castro; Fidel Castro Ruz
Instance hypernyms:
socialist (a political advocate of socialism)
Context examples
The one at his elbow is Fernando de Castro, who is as brave and true a man as heart could wish.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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