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WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
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• WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD (noun)
The noun WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD has 1 sense:
1. United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Seward; William Henry Seward
Instance hypernyms:
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
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