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OWENS
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• OWENS (noun)
The noun OWENS has 1 sense:
1. United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
Familiarity information: OWENS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
James Cleveland Owens; Jesse Owens; Owens
Instance hypernyms:
Context examples
The Miss Owens—you liked them, did not you?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The Miss Owens, said she, soon afterwards; suppose you were to have one of the Miss Owens settled at Thornton Lacey; how should you like it?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“I know nothing of the Miss Owens,” said Fanny calmly.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
How many Miss Owens are there?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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