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WOODWARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)
Synonyms:
Bob Woodward; Robert Burns Woodward; Robert Woodward; Woodward
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States historian (1908-1999)
Synonyms:
C. Vann Woodward; Comer Vann Woodward; Woodward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)