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English noun: Stanley

1. Stanley (person) United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)


SynonymsFrancis Edgar Stanley


Instance hypernymartificer, 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)


SynonymsHenry M. Stanley, John Rowlands, Sir Henry Morton Stanley


Instance hypernymadventurer, explorer, journalist









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