DOUGLAS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)

Synonyms:

Douglas; Little Giant; Stephen A. Douglas; Stephen Arnold Douglas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

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