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FISCHER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943)

Synonyms:

Bobby Fischer; Fischer; Robert James Fischer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

chess master (a chess player of great skill)

Sense 2

Meaning:

German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919)

Synonyms:

Emil Hermann Fischer; Fischer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

Sense 3

Meaning:

German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945)

Synonyms:

Fischer; Hans Fischer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

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