BESSEMER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)

Synonyms:

Bessemer; Sir Henry Bessemer

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

metallurgical engineer; metallurgist (an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals)

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