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STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS
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• STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS (noun)
The noun STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS has 1 sense:
1. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
Familiarity information: STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS used as a noun is very rare.
• STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Douglas; Little Giant; Stephen A. Douglas; Stephen Arnold Douglas
Instance hypernyms:
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
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