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ROBERT OWEN
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• ROBERT OWEN (noun)
The noun ROBERT OWEN has 1 sense:
1. Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
Familiarity information: ROBERT OWEN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Owen; Robert Owen
Instance hypernyms:
industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)
crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)
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