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HALDANE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)

Synonyms:

First Viscount Haldane of Cloan; Haldane; Richard Burdon Haldane; Richard Haldane

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)

Synonyms:

Elizabeth Haldane; Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane; Haldane

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)

Synonyms:

Haldane; John Haldane; John Scott Haldane

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)

Synonyms:

Haldane; J. B. S. Haldane; John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

geneticist (a biologist who specializes in genetics)

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