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GILLETTE

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Overview

GILLETTE (noun)
  The noun GILLETTE has 1 sense:

1. United States inventor and manufacturer who developed the safety razor (1855-1932)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


GILLETTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States inventor and manufacturer who developed the safety razor (1855-1932)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gillette; King Camp Gilette

Instance hypernyms:

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

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)


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