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NIXON
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• NIXON (noun)
The noun NIXON has 1 sense:
1. vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)
Familiarity information: NIXON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Nixon; President Nixon; Richard M. Nixon; Richard Milhous Nixon; Richard Nixon
Instance hypernyms:
Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)
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