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MERTON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States sociologist (1910-2003)

Synonyms:

Merton; Robert King Merton; Robert Merton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States religious and writer (1915-1968)

Synonyms:

Merton; Thomas Merton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

religious (a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience)

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

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