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DIX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
Synonyms:
Dix; Dorothea Dix; Dorothea Lynde Dix
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)
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