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TAFT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)

Synonyms:

President Taft; Taft; William Howard Taft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

chief justice (the judge who presides over a supreme court)

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States sculptor (1860-1936)

Synonyms:

Lorado Taft; Taft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

carver; sculptor; sculpturer; statue maker (an artist who creates sculptures)

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