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FIRST VISCOUNT NUFFIELD

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Overview

FIRST VISCOUNT NUFFIELD (noun)
  The noun FIRST VISCOUNT NUFFIELD has 1 sense:

1. British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)play

  Familiarity information: FIRST VISCOUNT NUFFIELD used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


FIRST VISCOUNT NUFFIELD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

First Viscount Nuffield; Nuffield; William Richard Morris

Instance hypernyms:

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)


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