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SUMNER
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• SUMNER (noun)
The noun SUMNER has 1 sense:
1. United States sociologist (1840-1910)
Familiarity information: SUMNER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States sociologist (1840-1910)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Sumner; William Graham Sumner
Instance hypernyms:
sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)
Context examples
Just write a couple of messages for me: ‘Sumner, Shipping Agent, Ratcliff Highway.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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