ANAXIMANDER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC)

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

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