WOODWARD

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• WOODWARD (noun)
  The noun WOODWARD has 2 senses:

1. United States historian (1908-1999)

2. United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)

  Familiarity information: WOODWARD used as a noun is rare.

• WOODWARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States historian (1908-1999)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

C. Vann Woodward; Comer Vann Woodward; Woodward

Instance hypernyms:

historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bob Woodward; Robert Burns Woodward; Robert Woodward; Woodward

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)