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FROBISHER

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Overview

FROBISHER (noun)
  The noun FROBISHER has 1 sense:

1. English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)play

  Familiarity information: FROBISHER used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


FROBISHER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Frobisher; Sir Martin Frobisher

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)


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