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HENRY M. STANLEY
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• HENRY M. STANLEY (noun)
The noun HENRY M. STANLEY has 1 sense:
1. Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
Familiarity information: HENRY M. STANLEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Henry M. Stanley; John Rowlands; Sir Henry Morton Stanley; Stanley
Instance hypernyms:
adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))
journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)
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