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ROBERT E. PEARY

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ROBERT E. PEARY (noun)
  The noun ROBERT E. PEARY has 1 sense:

1. United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920)play

  Familiarity information: ROBERT E. PEARY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ROBERT E. PEARY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Peary; Robert E. Peary; Robert Edwin Peary; Robert Peary

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))


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