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EDMUND CARTWRIGHT
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• EDMUND CARTWRIGHT (noun)
The noun EDMUND CARTWRIGHT has 1 sense:
1. English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
Familiarity information: EDMUND CARTWRIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Cartwright; Edmund Cartwright
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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