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PRESIDENT HOOVER
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• PRESIDENT HOOVER (noun)
The noun PRESIDENT HOOVER has 1 sense:
1. 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
Familiarity information: PRESIDENT HOOVER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Herbert Clark Hoover; Herbert Hoover; Hoover; President Hoover
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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