JOHN CABOT

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• JOHN CABOT (noun)
  The noun JOHN CABOT has 1 sense:

1. Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)

  Familiarity information: JOHN CABOT used as a noun is very rare.

• JOHN CABOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cabot; Giovanni Cabato; John Cabot

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)