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EDWARD GIBBON
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• EDWARD GIBBON (noun)
The noun EDWARD GIBBON has 1 sense:
1. English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
Familiarity information: EDWARD GIBBON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edward Gibbon; Gibbon
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
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