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BERNARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)
Synonyms:
Bernard; Claude Bernard
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)
Context examples:
Bernard Higginbotham invited him to dinner.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He sat opposite Bernard Higginbotham at a heavy Sunday dinner over Higginbotham's Cash Store, and it was all he could do to restrain himself from shouting out:-
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Having read of his sailing in the morning papers, Bernard Higginbotham, Gertrude, and all the family came to say good-by, as did Hermann von Schmidt and Marian.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But Bernard Higginbotham got his hand on it first, crying: I accept! I accept!
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
As he grew silent, Bernard Higginbotham got the reins and did the talking.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
His first consciousness of the immediate world about him was when Bernard Higginbotham jerked open the door and demanded to know if he thought they were running a restaurant.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Martin knew this and suffered more keenly from it than from the open and nagging contempt of Bernard Higginbotham.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
On investigating this sound he identified it as the final snort of Bernard Higginbotham, which somehow had not penetrated to his brain before.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It won't be nice to-day, what of Tom quittin' an' nobody but Bernard to drive the wagon.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He forgot where he was and Bernard Higginbotham's existence, till that gentleman demanded:-
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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