THOMAS ALVA EDISON

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Meaning:

United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)

Synonyms:

Edison; Thomas Alva Edison; Thomas Edison

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

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