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PAUL REVERE
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• PAUL REVERE (noun)
The noun PAUL REVERE has 1 sense:
1. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
Familiarity information: PAUL REVERE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Paul Revere; Revere
Instance hypernyms:
American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)
silver-worker; silversmith; silverworker (someone who makes or repairs articles of silver)
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