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WILLARD
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• WILLARD (noun)
The noun WILLARD has 2 senses:
1. United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
2. United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)
Familiarity information: WILLARD used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard; Willard
Instance hypernyms:
dry; prohibitionist (a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages)
suffragist (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Emma Hart Willard; Willard
Instance hypernyms:
educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)
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