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JOSEPH MARIE JACQUARD
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• JOSEPH MARIE JACQUARD (noun)
The noun JOSEPH MARIE JACQUARD has 1 sense:
1. French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
Familiarity information: JOSEPH MARIE JACQUARD used as a noun is very rare.
• JOSEPH MARIE JACQUARD (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jacquard; Joseph M. Jacquard; Joseph Marie Jacquard
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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