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GUGGENHEIM
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• GUGGENHEIM (noun)
The noun GUGGENHEIM has 2 senses:
1. United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949)
2. United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905)
Familiarity information: GUGGENHEIM used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Guggenheim; Solomon Guggenheim
Instance hypernyms:
altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Guggenheim; Meyer Guggenheim
Instance hypernyms:
industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)
Context examples
By doing so, scientists were able to link many of the samples to three protected shark species: Squatina guggenheim, Squatina occulta and Pseudobatos horkelii.
(New way to save endangered sharks – and our seafood, SciDev.Net)
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