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EDWARD SAPIR

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Overview

EDWARD SAPIR (noun)
  The noun EDWARD SAPIR has 1 sense:

1. anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939)play

  Familiarity information: EDWARD SAPIR used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


EDWARD SAPIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edward Sapir; Sapir

Instance hypernyms:

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)


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