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CYRIL NORTHCOTE PARKINSON

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Overview

CYRIL NORTHCOTE PARKINSON (noun)
  The noun CYRIL NORTHCOTE PARKINSON has 1 sense:

1. British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)play

  Familiarity information: CYRIL NORTHCOTE PARKINSON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CYRIL 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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