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GARIBALDI

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("garibaldi" is a kind of...):

blouse (a top worn by women)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)

Synonyms:

Garibaldi; Giuseppe Garibaldi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

nationalist; patriot (one who loves and defends his or her country)

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