English noun: Stanley | |||
1. | Stanley (person) United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918) | ||
Synonyms | Francis Edgar Stanley | ||
Instance hypernym | artificer, discoverer, inventor | ||
2. | Stanley (person) Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904) | ||
Synonyms | Henry M. Stanley, John Rowlands, Sir Henry Morton Stanley | ||
Instance hypernym | adventurer, explorer, journalist | ||