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LELAND STANFORD

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LELAND STANFORD (noun)
  The noun LELAND STANFORD has 1 sense:

1. United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)play

  Familiarity information: LELAND STANFORD used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LELAND STANFORD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Leland Stanford; Stanford

Instance hypernyms:

businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))


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