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BRAUN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977)
Synonyms:
Braun; von Braun; Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun; Wernher von Braun
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
rocket engineer; rocket scientist (an engineer who builds and tests rockets)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945)
Synonyms:
Braun; Eva Braun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
fancy woman; kept woman; mistress (an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man)
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