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DWIGHT FILLEY DAVIS
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• DWIGHT FILLEY DAVIS (noun)
The noun DWIGHT FILLEY DAVIS has 1 sense:
1. United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945)
Familiarity information: DWIGHT FILLEY DAVIS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Davis; Dwight Davis; Dwight Filley Davis
Instance hypernyms:
tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)
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