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    PATERSON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A city of northeastern New Jerseyplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

    Holonyms ("Paterson" is a part of...):

    Garden State; Jersey; N.J.; New Jersey; NJ (a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)play

    Synonyms:

    Paterson; William Patterson

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

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