HARRIET TUBMAN

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• HARRIET TUBMAN (noun)
  The noun HARRIET TUBMAN has 1 sense:

1. United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)

  Familiarity information: HARRIET TUBMAN used as a noun is very rare.

• HARRIET TUBMAN (noun)

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Meaning:

United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Harriet Tubman; Tubman

Instance hypernyms:

abolitionist; emancipationist (a reformer who favors abolishing slavery)