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ELI WHITNEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
Synonyms:
Eli Whitney; Whitney
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
manufacturer; producer (someone who manufactures something)
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