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DAVID BUSHNELL
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• DAVID BUSHNELL (noun)
The noun DAVID BUSHNELL has 1 sense:
1. American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)
Familiarity information: DAVID BUSHNELL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bushnell; David Bushnell; Father of the Submarine
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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