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RANKIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973)
Synonyms:
Jeannette Rankin; Rankin
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Instance hypernyms:
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
suffragist (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))