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BOLIVAR
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Irregular inflected form: bolivares
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830)
Synonyms:
Bolivar; El Libertador; Simon Bolivar
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("bolivar" is a kind of...):
Venezuelan monetary unit (monetary unit of Venezuela)
Meronyms (parts of "bolivar"):
centimo (a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain)
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