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CABOT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)

Synonyms:

Cabot; Giovanni Cabato; John Cabot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)

Synonyms:

Cabot; Sebastian Cabot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

cartographer; map maker (a person who makes maps)

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

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