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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)


SynonymsDix, Dorothea Lynde Dix


Instance hypernymcrusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer









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