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HUBBARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hubbard mean?
• HUBBARD (noun)
The noun HUBBARD has 2 senses:
1. a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986)
2. a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high)
Familiarity information: HUBBARD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hubbard; L. Ron Hubbard
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Hubbard; Mount Hubbard
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Hubbard" is a part of...):
AK; Alaska; Last Frontier (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)
Coast Mountains; Coast Range (a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California)
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