English noun: Dorothea Dix | |||
1. | Dorothea Dix (person) United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887) | ||
Synonyms | Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix | ||
Instance hypernym | crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer | ||