VITUS BEHRING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)

Synonyms:

Behring; Bering; Vitus Behring; Vitus Bering

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)

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