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ROBERT PEARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920)
Synonyms:
Peary; Robert E. Peary; Robert Edwin Peary; Robert Peary
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Instance hypernyms:
adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))