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LOUIS BRAILLE

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LOUIS BRAILLE (noun)
  The noun LOUIS BRAILLE has 1 sense:

1. French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)play

  Familiarity information: LOUIS BRAILLE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LOUIS BRAILLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Braille; Louis Braille

Instance hypernyms:

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)


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