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CLINTON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in east central Iowa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Clinton" is a part of...):
Hawkeye State; IA; Ia.; Iowa (a state in midwestern United States)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828)
Synonyms:
Clinton; DeWitt Clinton
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
Sense 3
Meaning:
42nd President of the United States (1946-)
Synonyms:
Bill Clinton; Clinton; President Clinton; William Jefferson Clinton
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-)
Synonyms:
Clinton; Hilary Clinton; Hilary Rodham Clinton
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
senator (a member of a senate)
