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BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
Synonyms:
Booker T. Washington; Booker Taliaferro Washington; Washington
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Instance hypernyms:
educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)