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WILLIAM HENRY HOOVER
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• WILLIAM HENRY HOOVER (noun)
The noun WILLIAM HENRY HOOVER has 1 sense:
1. United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM HENRY HOOVER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hoover; William Henry Hoover; William Hoover
Instance hypernyms:
industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)
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"He who eats holy bread has to deserve it." (Corsican proverb)