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WILLIAM RICHARD MORRIS
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• WILLIAM RICHARD MORRIS (noun)
The noun WILLIAM RICHARD MORRIS has 1 sense:
1. British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM RICHARD MORRIS used as a noun is very rare.
• WILLIAM RICHARD MORRIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
First Viscount Nuffield; Nuffield; William Richard Morris
Instance hypernyms:
industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)
altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)
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