HENRY CLAY

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• HENRY CLAY (noun)
  The noun HENRY CLAY has 1 sense:

1. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

  Familiarity information: HENRY CLAY used as a noun is very rare.

• HENRY CLAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Clay; Henry Clay; the Great Compromiser

Instance hypernyms:

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)