BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)

Synonyms:

Booker T. Washington; Booker Taliaferro Washington; Washington

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

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