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PATERSON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city of northeastern New Jersey
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)
Synonyms:
Paterson; William Patterson
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)