LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lewis and Clark Expedition mean? 

• LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION (noun)
  The noun LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION has 1 sense:

1. an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806

  Familiarity information: LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION (noun)

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Meaning:

An expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Instance hypernyms:

expedition (an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose)