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MCGUFFEY
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• MCGUFFEY (noun)
The noun MCGUFFEY has 1 sense:
1. United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873)
Familiarity information: MCGUFFEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
McGuffey; William Holmes McGuffey
Instance hypernyms:
educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)
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