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HERSHEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hershey mean? 

HERSHEY (noun)
  The noun HERSHEY has 2 senses:

1. United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)play

2. an industrial town to the east of Harrisburgplay

  Familiarity information: HERSHEY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HERSHEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hershey; Milton Snavely Hershey

Instance hypernyms:

candymaker; confectioner (someone who makes candies and other sweets)

altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An industrial town to the east of Harrisburg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)


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