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DAVID LIVINGSTONE
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• DAVID LIVINGSTONE (noun)
The noun DAVID LIVINGSTONE has 1 sense:
1. Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873)
Familiarity information: DAVID LIVINGSTONE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
David Livingstone; Livingstone
Instance hypernyms:
adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))
missionary (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)
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