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• KNOX (noun)
The noun KNOX has 1 sense:
1. Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)
Familiarity information: KNOX used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
John Knox; Knox
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)
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