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STOPES

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)

Synonyms:

Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes; Marie Stopes; Stopes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

birth-control campaigner; birth-control reformer (a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb stope

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