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MCCORMICK
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• MCCORMICK (noun)
The noun MCCORMICK has 2 senses:
1. United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884)
2. United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945)
Familiarity information: MCCORMICK used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Cyrus Hall McCormick; Cyrus McCormick; McCormick
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
manufacturer; producer (someone who manufactures something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
John McCormick; McCormick
Instance hypernyms:
tenor (an adult male with a tenor voice)
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