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SIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER
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• SIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER (noun)
The noun SIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER has 1 sense:
1. English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
Familiarity information: SIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER used as a noun is very rare.
• SIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bannister; Roger Bannister; Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
Instance hypernyms:
four-minute man (someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes)
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