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BENEDICT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
Synonyms:
benedick; benedict
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("benedict" is a kind of...):
hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
Synonyms:
Benedict; Saint Benedict; St. Benedict
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
monastic; monk (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
Synonyms:
Benedict; Ruth Benedict; Ruth Fulton
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)
