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WILLIAM GREEN
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• WILLIAM GREEN (noun)
The noun WILLIAM GREEN has 1 sense:
1. United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM GREEN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Green; William Green
Instance hypernyms:
labor leader (a leader of a labor movement)
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